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JRS opened a Refugee Transition Centre (CTR) in Évora (south region of Portugal) with capacity for 30 people with the aim of ensuring the initial reception of families from Turkey and Egypt under the Resettlement Programme from ACNUR. The stay of refugee families should not exceed three months, after which they will be redirected to the Refugee Support Platform host institutions throughout the country.

The period of stay at the centre aims to adapt the residents to the Portuguese culture, while their profile is studied to facilitate the selection of host institutions that will host them.

"This solution is the one that best suits and enables the preparation of the reception and we believe that a better integration in Portuguese society. It's not enough to do good, we need to do good, well done", says André Costa Jorge, general director of JRS Portugal.

Team

The centre will have a JRS team composed of a technical staff, with two Portuguese teachers, a social technician, administrative and logistical coordination, a psychologist, in addition to a security component for proximity monitoring.

Nine families from Syria and Iraq are expected to arrive at the Centre next July.

The Portuguese government has committed to welcoming 1010 people under the Resettlement Programme by the end of 2019.

Projects in Portugal

In addition to the center now open in Évora, JRS-Portugal  is involved in different projects:

Lisbon: Pedro Arrupe Center– a Shelter for homeless refugees; autonomous residence for refugees living an integration process; technical direction of a municipal attendance center; runs its own attendance center which has different valences: job search; psychological help; formation center.

In Oporto the centre is responsible for accompanying refugees living in a detention centre.

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