In an interview with SAPO, Estefânia Silva and Joana Tropa reveal that, according to AIMA data, migrants will represent 10% of the Portuguese population by 2025.

According to psychologists and professors at the University of Maia, the increase in migrants in Portugal poses challenges that inevitably affect the resident population. However, experts point out that migrants face greater challenges, whether due to the language barrier or obstacles to their regularisation in the country.

Migration is one of the major current challenges, and although it is not a new issue, many countries lack structured integration policies, contributing to situations of vulnerability and human rights violations.

Added to this are difficulties in accessing housing and education, aggravated by the lack of responses from public services, as well as other social issues such as discrimination and racism.