Afonso Gonçalves / X
Protest was peacefully stepped in front of AIMA when the reconquest group broke the security siege.
Dozens of immigrants protest this Wednesday in Porto, in front of the agency for integration, migrations and asylum (AIMA), in a replica of the similar manifestation that took place in Lisbon this month.
However, the protests were not peaceful – and it was not the police that prevented him. On the contrary, the alleged activist Following Gonçalves, of the ultra-ationalist group Recapture, He broke the security cord and, with a megaphone, shouted slogans against immigrants, such as “do not belong here,” or “come to Portugal commit crimes.”
The president of the reconquest was accompanied by other members of the group, who removed posters from immigrants, according to the.
The goal of the march, which until then was peaceful, was to protest against the impossibility of renewing homes and the lack of means to contact AIMA.
The young man was then removed by the police, by whom he claims to have been “Violently assaulted” in one of X. Images shared at SIC Notícias show Afonso Gonçalves and members of the protests to confront themselves physically.
The activist had already been at Martim Moniz, Lisbon, A, having already been taken by the local police forces. The group he presided over, with almost 7,000 followers on social networks, has been present and organized several manifestations centered on this topic.
The group, which is said to be a “nationalist and traditionalist organization” is also the same as in the Lisbon Municipal Assembly, and also those who for an international right meeting, with figures reportedly supporters of Adolf Hitler and Ku Klux Klan.
