The Public Security Police (PSP) has already presented more than a thousand proposals to cancel residence permits since the beginning of the year, following border control actions carried out at Humberto Delgado Airport, in Lisbon.
According to the PSP, these proposals “result from the work carried out by the National Unit for Foreigners and Borders (UNEF), through the Airport Security and Border Control Division, within the scope of document inspection of foreign citizens entering and leaving national territory”.
The identified situations are communicated to AIMA, the Agency for Integration, Migrations and Asylum, the entity that has the authority to make the final administrative decision on the possible cancellation of residence permits.
Among the most frequent reasons for these proposals are “the use of false or fraudulent documents, obtaining residence permits based on misleading statements and the detection of conduct considered incompatible with the legal rules for staying in Portugal”.
In an assessment of the work carried out, the PSP highlights that “the increase in the number of proposals reflects the strengthening of detection capacity, the improvement of verification procedures and close cooperation between the police and AIMA”. According to the security force, this joint effort aims to ensure the credibility and integrity of the immigration system, as well as the protection of internal security.
The PSP guarantees that it will continue to develop strict border control actions, in conjunction with the competent authorities, in order to guarantee compliance with the law and the regularity of foreign citizens’ stay in national territory.