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Portugal border staff strikes cancelled as govt steps in

Government
Rob Gill
28 May 2021

Portugal’s government has moved to ban a planned strike by border officials at the country’s airports.

Portugal is taking a more lenient stance on UK visitors (Pic: Dan Gold / Unsplash)

A series of walkouts by border and immigration officers at Portugal’s airports was due to take place from 31 May through to 28 June.

But the Portuguese government moved on Thursday (27 May) to issue a legal decree to stop the strikes from taking place. Industrial action had been planned at the key gateway airports of Lisbon, Faro and Madeira.

Portugal is one of only 12 countries on the UK government’s green list of quarantine-free destinations, and there had been fears that the strike by airport staff could cause disruption to travel.