A foreign citizen was arrested on Tuesday 9^th May and another was notified to leave the country due to irregular stay in Portugal in an operation by the Aliens and Borders Service.

According to the SEF, in Operation Fronteira Branca, which is part of the reinforcement of inspection activities during the visit of Pope Francisco to Portugal and which took place on the A22 in the Algarve, a warrant was also issued for the capture of a National citizen to provide Term of Identity and Residence.

In the same operation, which took place near Faro and had the collaboration of the GNR, 295 national and foreign citizens were identified.

80 vehicles were also monitored in this action, which aimed to detect, combat and prevent illegal immigration and use of fraudulent documentation.

Francisco is the fourth pope to visit Fatima on May 12 and 13 to canonize the little shepherds Francisco and Jacinta in the centenary of the “apparitions” in 1917.

The Pope has scheduled meetings with the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on arrival, and with the Prime Minister, António Costa, on the 13th.

Other articles and events

• Civil Protection new Regional and sub regional structures and new model of emergency response announced
• The Prime Minister’s Address to the Nation following Council of Ministers Meeting 15th April 2021
• Infarmed Meeting – State of Emergency 13th April 2021
• COVID-19 GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE INSPECTIONS BY GNR, PSP AND ACT IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH HIGHEST INCIDENCE
• PRIME MINISTERS ADDRESS TO THE NATION CONCERNING EASING OF MEASURES
• VICE-ADMIRAL GOUVEIA E MELO, CORDINATOR OF THE VACCINATION PLAN AGAINST COVID-INTERVIEW WITH RADIO RENASCENÇA AND PÚBLICO
• Meeting at Infarmed concerning evolution of Covid-19 -Live updates
• Protecting trees is creating more fire-resistant forests
• Covid-19: Rapid test results must be reported to health authorities
• Covid-19: Easter celebrations at the Sanctuary of Fatima broadcast ‘online’
• PSP and GNR detained 911 people during a year of pandemic
• Effective journalism to combat the pandemic
• NEAMWAVE’21 – Exercise to test the alert and degree of readiness in reaction to a tsunami
• Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa – Swearing in and ceremony
• Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa takes office for a second term as President of the Republic,