Portugal’s Double Standard: Deporting the Poor, Embracing the Rich

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Portugal is quietly deporting 18,000 undocumented immigrants just days before its May 18 election. Most are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, workers who harvest crops, clean homes, build infrastructure. The same people who kept the economy running during COVID-19 are now being kicked out due to the state’s own bureaucratic delays. At the same time, Portugal celebrates itself as a hub for digital nomads, opening borders to the privileged, while deporting essential workers in silence. This is Fortress Europe — where economic value is extracted from people of color, then discarded. Where the hardworking poor are punished, while the rich and privileged are rewarded. 🔻 We say: Stop the deportations. Regularise all undocumented workers. Dignity and justice — for everyone, not just the rich. #europe #portugal #migration #migrants #digitalnomad #lisbon #porto #democracy #humanrights #housingmarket #housing #crisis #poverty