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Minister Leitão Amaro revealed that the centers will be built in Odivelas and in the North Zone. Will cost 30 million euros.
The government will build two temporary installation centers for illegal immigrants In the country, the minister of the presidency announced.
At the press conference after the Council of Ministers, António Leitão Amaro stated that the two temporary installation centers for immigrants and illegal foreign citizens in the country will be built in Odivelas, in the Lisbon region, and in the Norte, There is no definite place yet.
According to the minister, these two centers will cost 30 million euros which will be funded by the Plan of Recovery and Resilience (PRR) and will have the capacity of 300 people.
Leitão Amaro justified these centers with the need From Portugal not today “ability to install foreign citizens identified in an illegal situation”.
“That’s also why Portugal practically does not make removal and return. It’s not just for that but also because SEF [Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras] It was extinguished without allocating this responsibility to PSP, ”said the minister.