These were the first refugees to arrive in the country as part of the more than 4,500 who have been allocated by the European Union to come to Portugal.
One refugee, who was included in the party to come here, opted not to board the Lisbon-bound plane.
The 24 refugees were mostly part of families, and were from Eritrea, Syria, Iraq, Sudan and Tunisia.
Authorities declined to comment on when Portugal should expect the next arrival of refugees.
Earlier in December, the assistant national director of Portugal’s border agency, Luís Gouveia, revealed that the resettlement of refugees was “experiencing difficulties” because of bureaucracy, but also because the migrants want to go to the north of Europe.
In an interview published in the Diário de Notícias, he said that “the resettlement process is having some difficulties” and that these can be attributed to the “Italian and Greek authorities, but this is only partially true and another reason has to do with the fact that the asylum seekers do not want to be resettled”.
“The large majority of migrants who are in transit through Europe want asylum in Germany or Sweden, where many already have family and/or believe there are jobs and they can have a good standard of living. They always prefer the northern countries – the Iberian Peninsula is unknown”, he added.
Of the 4,754 refugees Portugal is due to accommodate, only 50 were expected before the end of the year, with 30 arriving from Italy and 20 from Greece.