Human Rights
Portugal: Health service is in danger of collapse
The Portuguese Minister of Health, Marta Temido, warned that the country’s entire health system, including the National Health Service (SNS), the private sector and the third sector, and all logistics sectors, are approaching their limits because its efforts are being made to deal with the surge in population. Coronavirus cases. She said: “We […]
Read MoreFrance: Nationwide survey on recreational marijuana
The French parliament launched an online questionnaire today to better understand the public’s views on the use of recreational marijuana. The survey will have five or six questions and will be available on the National Assembly website for approximately one month. Robin Reda, Essonne’s member of parliament and project leader, told AFP […]
Read MoreGreece: Number of migrants crossings down in 2020
According to the latest data from Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard, the number of immigration crossing points entering Greece in 2020 has fallen by 76% compared to 2019. By 2020, a total of 19,681 migrants have crossed Evros from Turkey into the Greek Aegean Islands and the land border. Frontex said […]
Read MoreRiga committed to help the most vulnerable population groups
On January 6, the official website of the city of Riga informed the residents of the Latvian capital of its ongoing commitment to ensure that the most vulnerable population groups do not go hungry this year. More importantly, those who have a social service card to prove their low-income status can renew their visa […]
Read MorePortugal: Emergency plan for homeless in Braga
According to local media reports, due to the northern weather forecast, the northern Portuguese city of Braga launched a contingency plan for the homeless on Saturday. The City of Braga stated that the homeless will benefit from the Emergency Housing Center (CAE) and the Population Concentration and Support Zone (ZCAP) due to the […]
Read MorePortugal: 356 homeless people living in Lisbon
According to a note from the parliamentarian’s office in charge of social rights, the latest statistics of Manuel Grilo, an entity involved in the response to the homeless population in the city of Lisbon, show that “there are 356 homeless People (living on the street)”. Most homeless people are men, 309 and 46 are […]
Read MorePortuguese police visited over 3000 elderly people during Christmas
Lusa News Agency reported that the Portuguese police force visited more than 3,100 elderly people on Christmas Day alone to reduce their social isolation during the pandemic. The GNR police said in a statement that it visited the elderly between December 18th and 24th and hoped to be there especially on December 24th, […]
Read MorePortugal welcomes 23 new refugees
According to the voluntary resettlement programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 23 citizens benefiting from refugee status in Turkey and Egypt arrived in Portugalyesterday. Seven families from Iraq, Sudan and South Sudan were welcomed in Braga. So far, 530 people have arrived in our country under the voluntary resettlement […]
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