On International Migrants Day, the Observatório das Migrações and Pordata, the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos’ statistical database, released twin reports on the number and living conditions of immigrants in Portugal.
One of the barriers to the integration of foreigners in Portugal is the lack of opportunities for learning the language in an organized, structured way outside major metropolitan costal communities. In the interior, where language courses are advertised they almost never take place. This in turn leads to fewer remunerative job opportunities for those who have relocated to Portugal. (That and the inability to take advantage of the pervasive nepotism.)
One of the barriers to the integration of foreigners in Portugal is the lack of opportunities for learning the language in an organized, structured way outside major metropolitan costal communities. In the interior, where language courses are advertised they almost never take place. This in turn leads to fewer remunerative job opportunities for those who have relocated to Portugal. (That and the inability to take advantage of the pervasive nepotism.)