According to the CDS, “recent news reports that passengers coming from international flights, whose entry had been barred because they did not meet the necessary requirements to be admitted in the national territory, ended up being admitted by SEF at Humberto Delgado Airport, due to the fact that Space Equated to Temporary Installation Centre (EECIT) is closed”.
The party recalls that the Minister of Internal Administration, Eduardo Cabrita, announced that the temporary installation centre at Lisbon airport will be under construction until the end of May.
The party also points out that “SEF sources have informed” them that at Lisbon airport “dozens of passengers have has had easy access for entry over the past few weeks, coming from countries where Covid-19 is spreading widely and without the capacity to check whether or not they will comply with the 14 quarantine days in Portugal”.
The party wanted to know if the Minister of Internal Administration is aware of the “entry into Portugal of passengers coming from international flights that do not meet the necessary requirements to be admitted” and asks “where are the passengers who normally would be placed in the EECIT”.
The deputies also asked Eduardo Cabrita “how does SEF control compliance by these passengers with the 14-day quarantine period in the national territory”.
At the time of going to press MAI had not responded to the questions.