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Two of the 28 migrants who landed on the Desert Island of Faro on Tuesday have covid-19, so the group will be heard in court by videoconference.
“The first intervention that was carried out was the performance of the covid-19 tests and medical evaluation of them, two were positive, which necessarily implies that the indications and they are already separated now”Said the director of the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF).
This Wednesday, Cristina Gatões took stock of the situation of the 28 migrants and said that they will remain in the Civil Protection Logistics Support Base (BAL), in Quarteira, in the municipality of Loulé, until they are heard in the courts and the safety measures.
The official explained that, regarding the entry into the national territory of these undocumented migrants, “the file is being prepared” and “the court was informed” of the “existence of two positives to the covid test,” pending the court. what form could they “appear in court”.
Subsequently, SEF was informed that this the audience would be “by videoconference”, said another source of the service to the Lusa agency.
Cristina Gatões had guaranteed that, “depending on what was determined” between the court and the health authority, “the SEF and the other security forces and services, including Civil Protection, would strictly comply with what was determined to guarantee rights. , the freedoms and guarantees of these citizens ”and“ all health issues that are imposed in this specific case are met and guaranteed ”.
“The situation of the minor was immediately communicated to the Family and Child Court, which is monitoring the situation,” he said about the case of the 15 year old teenager traveling on the ship.
Also traveled three women, one pregnant, who is also “identified and identified” as a “particularly vulnerable” situation and is being monitored by medical teams, added the SEF director.
Cristina Gatões also guaranteed that “none of them are currently in a situation of expulsion” and “all of them are in a situation of illegal entry.”
“What we can guarantee is that, until the court decides how to proceed with this situation, they will settle there at BAL in Quarteira, where they are in very good condition,” he said.
Cristina Gatões said she had been there and confirmed that the migrants have “extremely friendly” conditions and that “the ladies are in a separate area, with due comfort,” where they “have a private bathroom” and have “Red Cross doctors.” permanently “.
“For that reason, they are comfortable, they are calm and the space has all the conditions so that they remain there until the judicial decision,” he said.
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