The number has been rising since 2015. The Foreigners and Borders Service had more than 757,000 foreign residents at the end of the year. In 2022 alone, it granted 113,000 new residence permits, to which must be added the 58,000 Ukrainians to whom it granted temporary protection. There are still 300,000 immigrants waiting for their situation to be regularized, half of whom are from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).
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