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Immigration: Portugal, a welcoming land for foreign labor
Portugal, a country of 10 million inhabitants, today has nearly a million immigrants, and copes very well with them. Report from Indonesian fishermen.
(Franceinfo)
Portugal, a country of 10 million inhabitants, today has nearly a million immigrants, and copes very well with them. Report from Indonesian fishermen.
A fishing boate wideue the moorings in a small port in the north of Portugal. The night promises to be long for the creweet for José Luis, the captain of the trawler. On board, around ten sailors, all Indonesians. A hand-d’work to benaked now common in an activity neglected by young Portuguese people. “It’s like that, before there was a lot of work for fishermen, there are fewer today, so it’s no longer attractive. If the Indonesians weren’t there, 90% of our“know-how would have disappeared”explain Jose Luis.
“We are not in an illegal situation”
Return to the port in the early morning. The fishing was good, everyone is happy, especially the Indonesians. They express it in Portuguese: “Fishermen like us, who work in Portugal, have no worries, no problems. Our families and loved ones in Indonesia feel reassured, since we are not in an illegal situation.”
