Reports indicate that the Portuguese government will "establish an agency to help manage the new wave of immigration". The government aims to attract new immigrants and combat the trend of young people emigrating abroad.
According to sources from the Department of Regional Development, the new agency will be reformed from the existing "High Commission for Dialogue between Immigration and Culture". "We need a new immigration policy," with a priority on "high-value imports, which is also one of the ways to retain young professionals in Portugal.".
This measure by the Portuguese government means that it will help address the issue of young people leaving Portugal by "attracting managers, students, researchers, and investors," and will also adopt a "foreign investment attraction" approach.
"Importing excellent talent is also a way to retain our talent," and "integrating immigration policy is not just a social policy; it is also a good economic policy."
