The Portuguese government interrupted the publication of the granting of equal rights and duties to Brazilians from legally residents in the European country. The measure has not been published since June 16, as confirmed by Itamaraty. The Brazilian government could not say the reason. THE Estadão He contacted the country’s embassy, which did not comment.
As a result of a bilateral agreement between Brazil and Portugal, the statute of equal rights and duties grants Brazilians to request a set of labor, political and economic rights. The interruption takes place in the midst of the discussion about the “anti-immigration law” approved by the Portuguese Parliament, but declared unconstitutional by the country’s courts.
Dozens of publications of granting the Statute were made monthly regularly since March 2024 in the Portuguese Diário da República.
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With the granting of the bylaws, which can be requested by mail or in person through the agency for migrations and asylum (AIMA), older Brazilians with permission to live in Portugal can compete for public positions, be part of companies in companies and vote and apply in elections. The latest concessions publications were taking about a year from the moment of the request, which has no impact on permission to residence in the country (which the applicant must already have before requesting the statute).
The legislation providing for the granting of equal rights and duties comes from the Friendship, Cooperation and Consultation Treaty between the Portuguese Republic and the Federative Republic of Brazil, signed in 2000. Lawyer Magalhães Neto, who works serving Brazilians in Portugal, states that international agreements cannot be revoked unilaterally.
“It involves diplomatic relations so I do not believe that Portugal will stop making the granting of the status of equal rights and duties. If revoking, it is very dangerous because it hurts the right of several citizens who have already entered,” he says. “Having to believe that it is an internal disorganization (from Portugal) of politics, strategy and administration, considering that the Portuguese government recently had a change in positions,” he says.
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Portugal closes the siege for Brazilians
The suspension of these emissions happens in a context in which Portugal has hardened the rules for immigrants in the country, most of them Brazilian. In July, a bill (PL) that became known as the “anti-immigration law” was approved by the Portuguese parliament with measures that significantly harde the country’s migratory policy.
Before sanctioning or vetoing the law, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa made an appointment to the Constitutional Court, the maximum agency of Portuguese justice, which stated that the PL contains unconstitutional passages. The president then returned the document to Parliament, so that these excerpts are reformulated.
The anti-immigration law adds to a closing movement from the country to foreigners already adopted by the Portuguese Government, which announced in June that 34,000 immigrants would be notified to leave the country, including 5,000 Brazilians who had the request for residence for manifestation of interest denied. From this Thursday, immigrants who did not leave the country within the period established after notification may be expelled.
