The PSD this Friday denounced a “chaotic situation” in the schedule of Portuguese consulates in the United Kingdom and questioned the government about fulfilling its “promise” to strengthen these services with more staff and information technology resources.
In a letter to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, the PSD shared a situation on Monday in which “many immigrants who had an appointment for the day – appointed months ago – waited several hours” to attend, until they were informed that “no one else could be seen on that day” Large number of appointments And, according to the media, to the exhaustion of embassy officials “.
In the question asked to the management, the PSD Parliamentary Committee would like to know what is the “mismatch between the number of scheduled appointments and the inability to meet them”.
“When does the government think of fulfilling its promise to strengthen diplomatic services in the United Kingdom with human and information technology resources?”, Social Democrats question.
Delegates said their party was “alerting the government to the seriousness of the operation of services in the UK embassies.” 400 thousand Portuguese registered “.
During an official visit to the United Kingdom in May, they recalled that the Secretary for Portuguese Communities, Berta Nunes, had hoped to strengthen the staff at the United Kingdom’s Embassy Service Center. Satisfactory service.
“Although the PSD continues to warn the government about this, unfortunately, it is clear that the situation is chaotic,” Minister Augusto Santos reads in a letter to Silva.
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