Portuguese refugee cash to be cleared “in coming weeks”
The Portuguese Home Affairs Ministry has said this week that it will be paying the institutions which house refugees “in the coming weeks”, arguing that the delay is due to the fact that EU funds to assist in the refugee relocation programme were only received earlier this month.
The Ministry disclosed this information after the Portuguese Council for Refugees (CPR) went public with the fact that it had only received cash from the state for four of the 47 refugees it has been housing since late last year.
The CPR added that the money for the four refugees, who arrived in December, had only been paid in half, with the other 50 percent still outstanding.
The Ministry however said that all mechanisms were now in place to pay the outstanding amounts to the CPR that would cover the expenses incurred so far by the 47 refugees.
EU rules state that countries who receive refugees from Greece and Italy will receive a total of 6,000 euros per adult and 4,000 euros per child over a period of 18 months.
Government officials have also revealed that 195 refugees have arrived in Portugal under the European relocation programme since December.
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