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Ukrainian Igor Gomenyuk died at Lisbon airport after being beaten (Photo: REUTERS / Rafael Marchante / File Photo)
Head of the Immigration and Borders Office (SEF) from Portugal, Krishtina Gatos resigned amid a scandal over the death of a Ukrainian at Lisbon airport.
Write about it Reuters.
In March 2020, Igor Gomenyuk, 40, died in a detention center at Lisbon airport after being brutally beaten in a room without surveillance cameras. Three immigration agents involved in his beating were arrested and charged with murder.
The scandal broke out again after unconfirmed information about what SEF supposedly wants to install in the detention centers «panic buttons. ”According to human rights activists, this is an inappropriate response to the incident.
In a recent interview with the Portuguese television channel RTP, Gatos said that the deceased Ukrainian «clearly tortured. “After that, pressure on her from human rights defenders intensified. According to Pedro Neto, spokesman for Portuguese Amnesty International, there have been cases of mistreatment of foreigners arriving in Portugal before.
The Portuguese Interior Ministry, which is subordinate to the migration service, said that Gatos had resigned of his own free will. The department explained this with a reform, the purpose of which is to more clearly separate the police and administrative powers when working with travelers and migrants and apply «a more humane and less bureaucratic approach “.
At the same time, SEF did not specify whether the resignation was related to a scandal due to the death of a Ukrainian.
Deputy of the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) Ricardo Leite wrote on Twitter that “when the circumstances of the death of a Ukrainian citizen at Lisbon airport became known, resignation was the only possible way out.”
