Vídeo: Verificação dos factos sobre as alegações enganosas de Portugal em matéria de imigração

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Portugal has been swamped by misleading immigration claims the topic of immigration is a prime target for misinformation in countries across Europe and Portugal is no exception Andre Ventura leader of the farri right Cher party recently claimed that 20% of Portugal’s current prisoners are foreigners making a clear link between immigration and crime levels at a recent demonstration in Porto Ventura said that crime in the city has increased by 9% in the past year and that 30% of arrests made in general are foreigners we know that 20% of the current prison population are also foreigners the Cher leader added let’s see what the official figures say an annual report by Portugal’s internal security agency for the year 2023 shows that the vast majority of the country’s prisoners are Portuguese 83.3% foreigners account for 16.7% of inmates meanwhile additionally of the roughly 46 thousand people receiving criminal sentences identified by the security agency only 11.1% were from a country outside Portugal on a separate occasion in the country’s Parliament Ventura said that 344 women were raped in Portugal up to September surpassing last year’s figures he said that many of these offenses were committed by immigrants and accused the government of looking the other way numbers from Portugal’s directorate general of prison Services show that 131 people were serving prison sentences for rape as of the 31st of December 2023 of those 104 were Portuguese Nationals and 27 were foreigners that puts the percentage of rapes committed by immigrants at just under 21% a clear minority for more fact checks take a look at euronews.com [Music]