Checking events: Do immigrants receive more money than firefighters in Portugal?

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Portugal and other parts of Europe were in the center of one of the worst periods of fire in the epirus since the beginning of records in 2006, which also turned into a favorable disinformation field.

In August, the post appeared on Instagram, claiming that immigrants receive 910 euros in the form of benefits compared to voluntary firefighters, which, as the user claimed, do not receive any benefits.

The account, which published a photograph, is a supporter of the independent collection of Chega, far from the party and has more than 16,000 subscribers. The post received 10,000 likes and called other similar posts in other social networks.

For example, Cheg’s deputy Rita Matias published the same picture on X August 17, saying: “This should not be far from the truth.” His post received almost 800,000 views at the time of writing an article.

Immigrants do not receive a privileged handling of Portuguese citizens or immediate benefits upon arrival in the country. According to Portuguese law, benefits have the right only if they comply with certain conditions, depending on the benefit.

For example, have the right to income from social integrationCitizens of third countries and EEZ should have been legally reserved in Portugal for one year.

They must also be in a state in which the government describes as “extreme poverty” and should be registered in the integration program, including requirements.

The amount received depends on the composition of the household of the applicant and his income. Government data posts a link to 237 euros per month for the applicant and additional amounts for other adults and children living in the household.

Firefighters -ipaters, meanwhile, receive a allowance of 75 euros per day or about 3.10 euros per hour, when it is divided by 24 hours, that the Association of Portuguese firefighters Critical This is not enough, because no fire shift never lasts 24 hours, and the current national minimum wage in Portugal is a little more than 5 euros.

“In our opinion, this is unacceptable, and we all should strive for justice and equality, especially since, as we know, the Ministry of Health already pays firefighters for their accessibility with hourly compensation of 5.02 euros,” the trade union said, noting that other similar services.

At the same time, the lowest wage for the paid fireman is 1074 euros per month, according to Government elementsQuestionnaires

After fires in Portugal, citizens are angry that firefighters do not pay enough for their lives that save lives, but posts that suggest that they are in some ways to blame for immigrants are dishonest, since any benefits may not receive or not receive any advantages.

As in many European countries, the problem of immigration is the subject of dubious accusations.

Earlier this year Eurobife He denied the accusations The far about the alleged relations between crime and immigration in Portugal.

On the contrary, we also found that the allegations that Portugal has one of the lowest indicators of the return of illegal immigrants to the EU As a rule, trueOnly Slovenia and Slovakia is higher.

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