There are around 882 thousand foreigners residing in Portugal registered in health centers, according to Público this Saturday. In total, the country has 1.6 million foreign residents, which means that only half are enrolled in primary health care.

According to the newspaper, which cites data from the Central Administration of the Unified Health System, of the approximately 882 thousand foreigners registered in primary health care, 52,886 did not complete all the data considered mandatory. Now, financial responsibility is only assumed by the State when there is an updated registration in the SNS, emphasises Público.

This mandatory update is worrying the collective “Humans Before Borders”, which has already asked the Government not to take “any administrative decision that results in discrimination or unjustified restriction on the right to health”.