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IRR > European Race Bulletin > Portugal > Asylum seekers and refugees

Undocumented workers regularised

By Liz Fekete

22 January 2002

By January 2001, following a year-long special period for documentatation, around 130000 undocumented workers, mostly employed in the booming construction industry, were given papers.

Ukrainians were the largest group, followed by Brazilians.

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