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British expats fighting with ‘great effort’ to remove Portugal from UK travel blacklist

89marcelo specchMember of the local British community residing in the Algarve, namely centred in Loulé, have been commended for having shown "a great commitment" in trying to convince their countrymen back home to lift restrictions that the United Kingdom continues to impose on anyone traveling back from Portugal, namely the quarantine on return, said President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in a speech to a group of the Algarve’s mayors at a dinner in Querença.

The President of the Republic met with representatives of the British community living in the Algarve yesterday evening, stating that he sees these residents as strong allies in convincing the English Government to put Portugal on its list of safe countries to travel to, lifting the requirement to comply with a 14-day quarantine period on return home.

“I had a meeting with the British community that lives here in Loulé and there was a great effort on their part to do everything, to the extent of their possibilities, to show how they are received, how they live here, how they like to live here, how they want to work for the good relationship between the two countries. Naturally, in the economic part, in the business part, but also in the personal part”, he stated at the dinner.

“This is very important, because diplomacy is not just about ambassadors, ministers, governments and heads of state. It is made of people. And the expats who live here - and there are many, almost 50 thousand - know the Algarve very well, since the vast majority live here. They know what the reality is, they present the reality and that has a lot of strength to convince, to persuade, first, their compatriots and, later, the political leaders”, he reinforced.

In addition to the community residing in this singular Algarve municipality, there are others working proactively to lift restrictions. The Head of State even spoke of mayors "who are making videos and testimonies of those who live here to reach British society. It all helps a lot, it takes time, but it helps”.

As for the future, “like everything in life, it is necessary to persist. And we don't give up. We Portuguese are very insistent and do not give up, not least because we feel we are right”.

“Our claim is fair, particularly here in the case of the Algarve, but it could expand. Basically, what we want is to look at sensible and acceptable criteria, and make them understand and profile by the authorities of a country that has been friends for so many centuries, Portugal's oldest ally”, defended the President of the Republic.

This is only part of the effort that has been made by the Government recently, although without practical results. Marcelo was also hopeful that restrictions on flights from Portugal would be lifted by the United Kingdom even before the end of the summer, though how this will be done is contested.

“We all expect that and we are working to make it happen, summer only ends in September” he said.

The meeting with the British expat community representatives and the dinner with local mayors took place after the President of the Republic visited a local retirement home, the Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Boliqueime, which had been a focal point of Covid-19 spread in the region just months ago.

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+1 #16 Reg Pellow 2020-08-02 16:34
Peoples, I am afraid that until Portugal gets a grip of their control situation the quarantine etc will continue. The PM of Portugal said a couple of months ago that the people of Portugal were disciplined, I am afraid he is living on another planet! We still have far too many who will wear, or don't know how to wear the mask. They wear it below either the mouth, the nose or both - an individual was doing so - in a market stall - on tv this morning. Education of the wearing of masks is not working.
+1 #15 Stuart Wood 2020-08-02 08:51
Who are these ex-pats”? Who do they represent? Who arranged this? Seems like an important details have been left out of the article. I think I recall it may have been the Safe Communities Portugal group (who do publish very good information and provide a needed service) but have a very rosy view of everything Portuguese and tend to suppress open discussion on their Facebook page to protect their access to national and local government, which I am sure would be withdrawn very quickly if they did anything else. Unfortunately, this tends to “skew” the way they communicate and reading btw lines is definitely necessary with their opinion pieces.
+2 #14 Steve 2020-07-31 09:33
Quoting Norman L:

Swallow or inject Hydroxy, or let's bathe in it.
It could be funny except ignorance is what kills people sometimes.
Hydroxychloroquine to be taken orally in small doses together with Zinc and azithromycin. This is what Asian countries have used and a lot of physicians have used, in the face of widespread skepticism, to save the lives of a lot of people.

Perhaps when this is over questions should be asked why a drug that has been known since 2005 to be effective against SARS-1 coronavirus wasn't used to treat the SARS-2 coronavirus. Is it because this treatment only costs around €20?
+2 #13 Steve 2020-07-31 09:11
Quoting JC:
Daily fact check

Today, the Algarve has 20 new cases of covid-19, adding up to a total of 878, while at national level there are 50,868 infected, 1727 deaths and 36140 recovered, according to the epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health.


Looks like the UK government made absolutely the right decision

How can you have 50,868 infected if 36140 people have recovered and are no longer infected? Will the number of people infected keep rising forever?
-8 #12 JC 2020-07-30 13:35
Daily fact check

Today, the Algarve has 20 new cases of covid-19, adding up to a total of 878, while at national level there are 50,868 infected, 1727 deaths and 36140 recovered, according to the epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health.


Looks like the UK government made absolutely the right decision
-3 #11 Norman L 2020-07-30 13:32
CDC's a private company, nobody's dying of Covid. Hmm.

Swallow or inject Hydroxy, or let's bathe in it.

Road fatalities are included in the death toll several weeks - sorry, months - after the event. I jokingly included that in an earlier comment, not to be taken seriously.

Oh, someone just did take it seriously. This is fun.
+4 #10 David 2020-07-30 12:12
Fauci is a fraud. He works for the CDC, a private company which promotes vaccines on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry. A few weeks ago he was saying masks were useless. He opposes HCQ which is an effective and safe treatment for Covid symptoms. Instead he advocates unproven, untested experimental vaccines which historically have high injury rates and offer lttle protection.
-4 #9 Chip 2020-07-30 11:39
Quoting David:
JC is working very hard to support the corrupt mainstream media's criminal agenda. Deaths 'after testing positive with' are not the same as died from. We know that they are counting people who get run over months after testing positive as 'coronavirus' deaths. Statistics, lies, etc.


Hilarious! Brilliant David.

The mindless rantings of you and Steve are all we need to keep a smile on our faces during this pandemic
-4 #8 JC 2020-07-30 10:31
Well in that case JC and his team are winning hands down.

New safety guidelines for those with loved ones to protect


NIAID director Anthony Fauci told ABC News in an Instagram live discussing the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday evening, "If you have goggles or an eye shield, you should use it if you really want perfect protection of the mucosal surfaces."

Fauci noted that eye protection was "not universally recommended, but if you really want to be complete, you should probably use it if you can."
He explained that the coronavirus infects mucosal surfaces, like the nose and mouth, along with the eyes. "Theoretically, you should protect all the mucosal surfaces," Fauci added
0 #7 David 2020-07-30 00:11
JC is working very hard to support the corrupt mainstream media's criminal agenda. Deaths 'after testing positive with' are not the same as died from. We know that they are counting people who get run over months after testing positive as 'coronavirus' deaths. Statistics, lies, etc.

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