Lisbon Airport
PSP said today that the refusal of entry to Portugal of Guinean students who are at Lisbon airport was due to the lack of evidence that its goal was to study, as well as subsistence means.
In a note sent to Lusa agency, the PSP indicated that it instructed “34 Processes refusal to enter Foreign citizens from a third country, having a case has been relearned and reversed the decision ”.
PSP’s action was carried out under its border control skills and decisions made on a case by case basisadds the note.
Regarding the reasons for the refusal of entry to Portugal, the PSP said that “the predominant foundation of the refusals was the absence of corroboration proper objective and from stay conditions declared in the Schengen space ”.
According to PSP, beyond the lack of evidence the objective of conducting higher studies in Portugal, there were also cases of “insufficiency of means subsistence and/or Lack of compatible accommodation proof with the expected stay ”.
Elisha SambúCoordinator of the Communication Department of the Guinea-Bissau Student Association in Lisbon (AEGBL), who has been following these Guinean students since Thursday, told Lusa that students have student visa And their names are lists of students placed in public higher education in Portugal.
The reposing said that In neither case was requested The delivery of a document that demonstrates that they have subsistence means in Portugal.
The attribution of a student visa is the responsibility of the Portuguese authorities in the country of origin of those who request the visa.
According to PSP information, some of the citizens retained at the airport presented Requests for Reraecution, gathering new elementswhich are being analyzed.
“Once the assumptions that obey the criteria for approval of admission to a higher education institution are verified, the decision to refuse to enter,” continues the Public Security Police.
PSP ensured that “continuously, mealshygiene conditions and beds for citizens who remained in the international zone ”, a solution adopted“ to the EECIT capacity (space equivalent to the temporary installation center), Bin how the necessary health care”.
