In 2025, more than 23,000 remigration notifications were issued in Portugal and 252 removals were carried out, representing 1%.

Omissions

• The MEP calls these 'notificações de remigração' (remigration notifications), but the official Portuguese terminology is 'notificações de abandono voluntário' (notifications for voluntary abandonment/leaving the country); 'remigração' is a politically loaded framing, not the term used in the administrative data.
• The specific figure of 252 removals ('afastamentos') representing 1% could not be located in the sources found; only the ~23,000 notification figure is corroborated. The 1% is arithmetically consistent (252 / 23,133 ≈ 1.1%) but was not directly verified.
• The corroborating articles were published in March and September 2026, after the 2025 reference period but before the 2026-10-06 session date; the underlying data is 2025 AIMA/authority data.
• The two/three outlets appear to draw on the same underlying Portuguese news-agency reporting of the same administrative data, so they are not fully independent confirmations of the figure.

Sources

• SecondaryPlataforma MediaAs notificações para abandono voluntário de Portugal dispararam em 2025, passando de 446 em 2024 para 23.133 no ano passado.
• SecondaryCNN PortugalCerca de 23.000 imigrantes foram notificados para abandonarem voluntariamente Portugal no ano passado, um aumento exponencial em relação a 2024.
• SecondaryDN Brasil (Diário de Notícias)Em 2025, as autoridades portuguesas emitiram 23 mil notificações de abandono voluntário, mais de 50 vezes o total registrado em 2024, quando [tinham sido 444 os estrangeiros].