The Portuguese Maritime Police haver rescued 1,810 migrants and refugees in the Aegean Sea, Greece, from October 1, 2015, under the Joint Operation POSEIDON SEA 2015.
The Maritime Police also provided first aid to fifteen people and made four arrests. Of 1810 migrants and refugees rescued by the PM team, 409 were infants and children and 381 were women.
The Maritime Police have been deployed as part as a EU operation to rescue migrants escaping from Syria, by crossing the Mediterranean.
- Person arrested in connection with investigation into terrorist crimes
- “Safe Summer” Display at Mar Shopping, Loulé
- It is a mistake to put heavy fighter aircraft in Castelo Branco
- Parliament approves: throwing cigarette buts on the ground will result in a fine
- Thirty Six persons tried for ATM explosions and money laundering
- Portugal regains 3rd place as world’s most peaceful country.
- Training for the security forces for appropriate intervention with LGBTI people
- AGIF considers that Portugal remains “very vulnerable to the risk of fires”
- More dead and injured in road accidents in the first five months of the year
- President of Assembly of Republic proposes to dedicate June 17 as National Day in Memory of Victims of Fires
- Programa Estou Aqui! ® I’m Here Child Safety Program
- US State Department begins social media screening for nearly all visa applications.
- Rural Fires. Municipalities have until the end of the day to clear land from non-compliant landowners
- Portugal Civil Protection Exercise Cascade 2019
- Portugal: Company uses satellite images to find environmental crimes
