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2020
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There were 1,708 Portuguese who entered Angola in 2019, according to the consulates of the Republic of Angola in Lisbon and Porto (information on visas issued by the Angola consulate in Faro is not available). This number represents a decrease of 11% when compared to the previous year. +
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In 2019, 705 Portuguese entered Brazil, according to data from the Brazilian Ministry of Justice and Public Security. This ministry accounted for a total of 31,297 foreigners entering Brazil, with the Portuguese accounting for 2.3% of this total. +
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In 2019, 940 Portuguese entered the United States of America (USA), according to data from the US Department of Homeland Security. In 2019, the US Department of Homeland Security counted more than one million foreign entries in the US (1,031,765), with the Portuguese accounting for 0.1% of that value. +
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According to OECD data, 259 Portuguese entered Japan in 2018. This international body counted a total of 519,683 foreigners entering Japanese territory, with the Portuguese not representing 0.1% of that total. +
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According to OECD data, 2816 Portuguese entered Belgium in 2018. That international organisation accounted for a total of 116,768 entries of foreigners into Belgian territory, with the Portuguese accounting for 2.4% of that total. +
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Portuguese entries in Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic have mostly remained below the 100 annual entries, according to data published by the statistical bodies of these countries. +
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According to data from the Office Fédéral de la Statistique, 8,443 Portuguese entered Switzerland in 2019. The official statistics department counted a total of 145,608 foreigners entering Swiss territory in that year, with the Portuguese accounting for 5.8% of that total. +
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There were 855 Portuguese who entered Canada in 2019, according to data from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The official statistics department accounted for a total of 341,175 entries of foreigners in Canadian territory in that year, with the Portuguese accounting for 0.3% of this total. +
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In 2019, 680 Portuguese entered Austria, according to Statistics Austria. That Austrian body accounted for a total of 134,966 entries of foreigners into the country, with the Portuguese representing 0.5% of immigration in that year. +
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According to data from the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, 2,841 Portuguese entered the Netherlands in 2019. This Dutch agency accounted for a total of 235,954 foreigners entering the country, with the Portuguese accounting for 1.2% of this total. +
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According to data from the Andorra Department of Statistics, 434 Portuguese entered Andorra in 2019. This agency accounted for a total of 3,777 foreigners entering the country, with the Portuguese accounting for 11.5% of immigration in that year. +
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There were 10,155 Portuguese who entered Spain in 2019, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics. This Spanish agency accounted for a total of 873,842 foreigners entering Spain, with the Portuguese accounting for 1.2% of this total. +
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According to Statistics Norway data, in 2019 432 Portuguese entered the country. That statistical institute counted a total of 44,570 entries of foreigners in Norwegian territory, with the Portuguese representing 1% of this total. +
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In 2018, 8,055 Portuguese entered France, according to data from the new series provided to the Observatory by the Institut National de la Statistique et de Études Économiques. This figure represents a decrease of 3.1% when compared with the previous year. +
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There were 258 Portuguese who entered Iceland in 2019, according to Statistics Iceland data. That Icelandic agency accounted for a total of 9,546 entries of foreigners in the country, with the Portuguese representing 2.7% of immigration in that year. +
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In 2019, 5,785 Portuguese entered Germany, according to data from the Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland. The German agency accounted for a total of 923,475 foreigners entering Germany, with the Portuguese accounting for 0.6% of this total. +
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According to data from the Portail des Statistiques du Luxembourg, 3,752 Portuguese entered the country in 2019. The statistical office accounted for a total of 26,668 entries of foreigners into Luxembourg territory, with the Portuguese accounting for 14.1% of this total. +
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In 2019, 401 Portuguese entered Sweden, according to Statistics Sweden. That Swedish agency accounted for a total of 115,805 foreign entries in Sweden, with the Portuguese accounting for 0.3% of that total.+
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According to Eurostat data, 484 Portuguese entered Italy in 2018. That European agency accounted for a total of 332,324 entries by foreigners into Italy, with the Portuguese accounting for only 0.1% of that total. +
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According to data from Banco de Portugal, in 2019 3,604.01 million euros in remittances from emigrants entered the country, a figure higher than that observed in 2018 (1.1% more). This confirms the more general growth trend registered since 2010. +
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There were 24,593 Portuguese who entered the United Kingdom in 2019, according to data from the Department for Work and Pensions. That British agency accounted for a total of 766,134 foreigners in the United Kingdom, with the Portuguese representing 3.2% of that total. +
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There were 852 Portuguese who entered Denmark in 2019, according to Denmark Statistik data. That Danish agency accounted for a total of 80,744 entries of foreigners in Denmark, and the Portuguese represented 1.1% of that total. +
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Between 2015 and 2017, the number of Portuguese emigrants entering the UK decreased from 32,000 to 23,000, a decline of about one third in two years. This decline was more pronounced between 2016 and 2017 (-26%). However, in the first three quarters of 2019 there was a new growth in Portuguese emigration to the United Kingdom. +
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Less than a thousand Portuguese entered the United States in 2018, according to data from the US Department of Homeland Security. In 2018, the US Department of Homeland Security counted more than one million foreign entries in the US (1,096,611), with the Portuguese accounting for 0.1% of that figure.+

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