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Portugal - 2012

Capital city's migrant/refugee population

Code:
B5
Key Area:
Migration & Minority Demographics/Statistics
Strand(s):
Demographics & Economics
16/02/2012 - 02:11
Short Answer

No such information available at capital city's level.
Qualitative Info

The number of resident foreign population at District level was in 2010 and for the Lisbon area of 185.578 (provisional data), according to the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) [Aliens and Borders Service].

 

The total number of residents in the Lisbon District in 2011 was 2.250.382.

 

 

Sources:

 

Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) [Aliens and Borders Service]  Available at: http://sefstat.sef.pt/Docs/Rifa_2010.pdf

 

Provisional Data from de 2011 Census - Instituto Nacional de Estatística [Statistics Portugal], December 2011 Available at: http://www.ine.pt/scripts/flex_provisorios/Main.html
Number
% of general population
Official or estimates
Main groups
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees
Type (R/D)
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Daily life
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22/02/2013 - 16:40
Short Answer

No official information available at capital city's level. In 2011 the total number of foreign population in the district of Lisbon was 188,259, according the Portuguese Report of Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum - 2011 published on June 2012.
Qualitative Info

The total number of foreign population in the district of Lisbon was 188,259, according the Portuguese Report of Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum - 2011 published on June 2012 by the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) (Aliens and Borders Service) [3].

The main groups of foreign nationalities are from Brazil (51,645), Cape-Vert (27,287), Romania (14,454), Angola (14,063), Guinea Bissau (13,783) and Ukraine (13,005) [4].

According to the Portuguese Census 2011 final results, presented on November 2012, the Lisbon region has more than half of foreign residents in Portugal (51,6%) [1 & 2].
 

 

Sources:
 

  1. INE (2012), Censos 2011: Resultados Definitivos Portugal [Census 2011: Final Results Portugal], http://censos.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=CENSOS&xpgid=ine_censos_publicacao_det&contexto=pu&PUBLICACOESpub_boui=73212469&PUBLICACOESmodo=2&selTab=tab1&pcensos=61969554, Accessed on 26.01.2013.
  2. INE (2012), Destaque: Censos 2011 [Press Release: Census 2011], http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes&PUBLICACOESpub_boui=122073978&PUBLICACOESmodo=2&xlang=en, Accessed on 26.01.2013.
  3. SEF (2012), Relatório de Imigração, Fronteiras e Asilo - 2011 [Portuguese Report of Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum - 2011], http://sefstat.sef.pt/Docs/Rifa_2011.pdf, Accessed on 27.01.2013.
  4. SEF (2012), População Estrangeira Residente em Portugal [Foreign Population Resident in Portugal], http://sefstat.sef.pt/distritos.aspx, Accessed on 27.01.2013.
Number 188259
% of general population
Official or estimates official data
Main groups Brazil, Cape-Vert, Romania, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Ukraine
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees
Type (R/D)
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
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Situation(s)
Library