The Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) saw its number of employees increase by 139 people compared to 2024, representing a net growth of "more than 20%," according to the agency's president. This staffing reinforcement comes in a context where AIMA faces a high workload and criticism regarding response times in migration processes.
The president of AIMA defended this increase as a positive sign for the agency's response capacity, which has been pressured to streamline the regularization and integration processes for migrants and asylum seekers in Portugal.
However, the union representative of the workers considers that the figures presented are "misleading." The union structure argues that, despite the apparent increase, the reality on the ground continues to be one of overload and insufficient human resources to meet the existing demand.
The article does not specify how many employees AIMA had in total in 2024 or the current number, but the percentage growth of more than 20% reflects a significant recruitment effort by the organization.
