Country report non-discrimination : transposition and implementation at national level of Council Directives 2000/43 and 2000/78 : Portugal [2023]

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Portugal has a long tradition of contact with other cultures and peoples. Due to the experience of Portuguese emigration to Brazil (from the 16th to the early 19th century, Brazil was a colony and a part of the Portuguese Empire) and Latin America in general, as well as to other countries in Europe such as France and Germany in the 1960s, the Portuguese are used to tolerating difference, at least in terms of ethnic diversity, race and religion. Immigration movements to Portugal have played a role in Portuguese demographics for a long time. In 2021, according to the final result of the Census there were 542 165 foreign citizens (both EU and non-EU nationals), representing 5.2 % of the total Portuguese population, of whom 82.4 % are non-EU nationals. However, for the same year, other data showed that the total of foreign legal residents was 698 536. In 2022, according to provisional data of the Foreigners and Borders Service, that number has increased to 757 252. In Portugal, racist or fascist political parties are forbidden. However, since the end of 2019 there was a representative of an extreme right-wing party - CHEGA - in Parliament. In the legislative elections, held on January 2022, the party increased its share of the vote and became the third largest party in Parliament, winning 12 seats. - Includes bibliographical references

10.2838/29708 [DOI]

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