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Portugal at a glance
• Population: 10 541 840
• GDP (Per capita): 77 PPS (available for 2011 only)
PPS=Purchasing Power Standard, based on the EU 27 average of 100
• Asylum applications total: 295
• Total decisions reached in 2012: 230
• Positive decisions (refugee status and subsidiary protection): 100
2012 data, published by Eurostat in May 2013
The Portuguese resettlement programme at a glance
Resettlement quota and actors
Start of annual quota: 2007 (ad hoc resettlement as of 2006)
Current quota: 30
Main national actors: Immigration and Borders Service (SEF) under the Ministry
of the Interior, Directorate-General of Consular Affairs under the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Institute of Social Security (ISS) and Institute for Employment and
Vocational Training (IEFP) under the Ministry of Employment and Social Security,
Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Youth Courts under the Ministry of
Justice, Portuguese Refugee Council (CPR), Jesuit Refugee Service.
Resettlement numbers
Year Accepted Arrivals
2013
anticipated
Nationality Country of Asylum of
largest groups
Not available at the time of publication
2012 30 23 Sudan (14), Eritrea (1)Egypt and Tunisia UAM
(8) Guinea Conakry (2), Ethiopia (2), Liberia
(1) DR Congo (1), Somalia (1), Afghanistan
(1)Morocco, Egypt, Senegal, Kenya, Turkey,
Thailand
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CHAPTER VII