Lisbon (Portugal), July 16:
Representatives from various associations of emigrants recently met Portuguese
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and requested him for correcting the
immigration policy.
A delegation led by Emigrants'
Solidarity Association, Timoteo Macedo, met President de Sousa, and made such
request. Also present in the delegation, member of NRNA coordination council,
Raj Kumar Thapa, informed that the Portuguese President was made aware that
recent change in immigration policy in Portugal would create problems for
migrants.
Millions of emigrants were
adversely affected by the policy change, so the President was urged not to
tighten the policy, Thapa added.
President de Sousa also showed
interest in the issue and informed that his attention was drawn towards
this.
A memorandum signed by
representatives of 51 associations of migrant people was submitted to the
Portuguese President. (RSS)