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Long an emigration country, Portugal began receiving high inflows of migrants from the Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa as of the mid-70s onwards, notably Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe and Mozambique. Owing to economic growth from the 1990s onwards, relevant influxes of labour migrants from Brazil and the Eastern European countries, namely Ukraine, Moldova, Russia and Romania were registered. 4 per cent of the total population. As part of its mandate, IOM has been strengthening the relationship with Governments in an effort to support them in managing migration flows and obtaining development gains. Cape Verde through the matching of professional needs in priority sectors in this origin country, with available competences and skills in countries of the diaspora. Cape Verdean migrant entrepreneurship in the country of origin.

IOM activities in the field of regulating migration flows link with the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme. This initiative funded by the European Commission evolved from cooperation between the Portuguese Government and IOM Portugal as of 2001 and aims at putting an effective, dignified, humane and sustainable policy into practice for the voluntary return of foreign citizens to their countries of origin or to third countries willing to receive them. Support to reintegration is also provided under this programme and can come in different forms: among others, migrants can benefit from referral for professional training or support to the constitution of a micro-enterprise. The type of assistance provided is tailored to migrants’ needs and may consist of support for the definition of an Individual Reintegration Plan and a Business Plan. Since 2009 IOM Lisbon has worked to increase the support provided within this framework.

For that purpose, pre-departure and post arrival assistance were strengthened as well as the activities undertaken in partnership with the network of partners and counselors established in Portugal and in the main states of return in Brazil. IOM missions in Kyiv and Lisbon, with the support of the Immigration and Borders Service of Portugal and the Institutes for Employment and Professional Training in Ukraine and Portugal, develop and test the operational framework and logistical roadmap for the pilot circular migration scheme between Ukraine and Portugal. ACIDI, one of IOM Lisbon’s main partners, has asked IOM to carry out for the third time an evaluation of the work of its migrant support centres, «one-stop-shop» type structures set up in Lisbon, Porto and Faro. IOM Lisbon is a partner in several international research studies on different aspects of migration, mostly funded by the European Commission.

In addition, there are national studies carried out in partnership with university research centres and with the funding of government bodies such as the High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue and the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality, both structures under the Presidency of Council of Ministers’ mandate. The effective integration of migrants into host societies is one of the most urgent challenges facing government and civil society today. With a gender sensitive approach, IOM has developed, in partnership with university centres, a research study to deepen knowledge about the strategies of migrant women entrepreneurs in Portugal, their socio-demographic profile and the key issues and problems faced by women from ethnic minorities running their own businesses. The objective is to provide recommendations to policy development, in order to facilitate effective support for this target group. The creation of a database of migrant expertise has for its objective the improvement and increase of the presence and contributions made by migrants to television shows, debates, reports and entertainment as main actors, so as to reflect the multicultural composition of Portuguese society and promote migrants as positive role models. IOM’s approach to the migration-citizenship nexus, focused on electoral rights, will simultaneously study Portugal’s policies regarding the status of external citizenship as a sending country vis-à-vis immigrant communities as a receiving country. The study looks at the dual position of Portugal as an emigrant and immigrant state with regard to electoral participation.