Particle.news
Download on the App Store
6 ARTICLES
·
8h ago

Portugal Halts EU Entry/Exit System at Lisbon Airport for 90 Days

The move follows reports of seven-hour immigration lines with humanitarian complaints.

Image
Image

Overview

  • The Interior Ministry suspended the EES for non‑EU arrivals at Humberto Delgado Airport under EU contingency provisions.
  • Border staffing will be reinforced immediately with GNR personnel certified in frontier control to support PSP officers at arrivals.
  • Electronic and physical border-control capacity at the airport will be increased by about 30 percent within current infrastructure limits.
  • Authorities had already deployed 80 PSP agents before Christmas and set a 100‑day target to cut average waits below 20 minutes with a 55‑minute maximum.
  • Travelers, including many Brazilians, reported queues of seven to eight hours with scarce water and food, and a businessman wrote to Prime Minister Luís Montenegro warning of economic and reputational damage.