PSP’s new unit of foreigners and borders start operating this Thursday. Agents will accumulate more functions, including some that so far were in the hands of Agency for integration, migrations and asylum (Aima).
So far, when they were detected in an irregular situation, PSP was only up to the expulsion of the person. Now it has to deal with the whole process, including bureaucracy.
“AIMA’s focus should be the integration and welcome of migrants, separating from what is the removal of people who may be in an irregular situation,” explains the Chief Superintendent João Ribeiro, Deputy Director of the National Directorate of PSP.
The government wanted to create a kind of “mini-chief”after criticism of EXTINCTION OF THE OLD SERVICE AND POLICY who have involved .
Among the many processes that PSP will inherit from AIMA, one of the Priority cases is that of the migrants who this month arrived at the Algarve from Morocco. But this will not be the only function of the new unit.
More than 1200 agents had training to ensure border control and airport security. But the future brings new challenges, such as implementing the Pact for migrations and asylum and the New digital system of entries and exits in the European Union.
PSP estimates that, in the medium term, the new unit will need two thousand peopleamong technicians, volunteers and police. At this time, there are not enough means.
“Looking at the resources and challenges ahead, no. We will have to recruit many experts, but also some police, and we are talking about a few hundred agents,” says the Chief Superintendent João Ribeiro, Deputy Director of the National Directorate of PSP.
A It is not against the new unit, but warns of the lack of means. Says it cannot be overload agents or remove them from where they are neededlike the squads, and continues to demand better conditions to make your career more attractive.
