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Portugal received the first refugees from the 4500 quota
19/12/2015
A first group of ten refugees from the European program of relocation arrived today in Portugal, which has capacity for 4,500.
The refugees, mostly adult Eritreans, landed at Lisbon airport from Rome and is expected to arrive tonight to the Portuguese capital another group from Athens.
"They were victims of trauma," he said today in Lisbon Airport Deputy Eduardo Cabrita, attached to the office of Prime Minister of Portugal.
Portugal will receive the coming months refugees originating from Eritrea, Sudan, Iraq, Syria and Tunisia relocated from Italy and Greece.
Lisbon and the neighboring towns of Cacém and Torres Vedras; Marinha Grande (Leiria, center), Penafiel (Oporto in northern) and Vinhais (in northern Braganza also) be new home of refugees in Portugal.
The European Union (EU) decided in a first phase in two years relocating 40,000 refugees arrived in Greece and Italy, major recipients of migrants fleeing conflict areas in the Middle East and Africa.
Then in September, the twenty-eight others approved the distribution of 120,000 refugees arriving into the EU in two years.
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Received on Sat Dec 19 2015 - 09:32:49 EST