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In every 20 Portuguese residents
1 is an immigrant
Portugal is increasingly becoming a
destination for foreign students
Immigrants in Portugal are younger
of working and childbearing age,than the Portuguese
Portugal is one of the oldest countries in Europe and
that immidration mitigates the aging of the country
In Portugal,
foreign women contribute 13% of births
In Portugal public schools there
are students of 170 nationalities
The school performance of foreign students
in Portugal has improved
In every 100 students in Portuguese higher education.
15 are foreigners
Portugal is one of the European countries in
which immigrants master the host language best
In the last decade, more than 100.000 foreigners
learned Portuguese as the host language.
In Portugal, 8 out of 10 foreign residents are active,
compared to 6 out of 10 in nationals
Foreigners have more employers by assets than the Portuguese,
generating more and more jobs
In 2019 Social Security has a financial balance of
+884 million euros with immigrants
In every 100 foreigners in Portugal, 67 are social security contributors
(+contributors than in every 100 Portuguese>
Immigrants in Portugal report better health
indicators than nationals
In every 1000 health professionals in Portugal,
23 are foreigners
Portugal is among the European Union countries where people
are most comfortable having an immigrant as doctor
Between 2007 and 2019 more than half a milion foreigners
obtained the Portuguese nationality
65% of the foreigners residing in Portugal
can register to vote in local elections
Portugal is among the European countries most favorable to immigration
and its contributions to the country