Belonging for the Stateless and Displaced
UREP stands with stateless persons and displaced communities, strengthening access to rights, protection, and meaningful participation in society.
How We Support Refugees
The Refugee Union in Portugal (UREP) supports refugees, stateless persons, and newcomers in Portugal, helping them rebuild their lives with dignity, security, and equal access to rights.
UREP provides specialized legal support in asylum, international protection, residence permits, and documentation related to work, education, and family reunification, promoting social inclusion and economic autonomy through its programs.
Intercultural Mediation
Providing intercultural support to refugees to facilitate understanding, social integration, and community participation in Portugal.
Housing Support
Providing guidance and support to ensure refugees have access to safe and sustainable housing in partnership with local organizations.
Documentation Assistance
Providing guidance and support to ensure newcomers can obtain and maintain essential legal and administrative documents.
While Portugal continues to offer protection to people fleeing conflict, persecution, and human rights violations, the broader global context shows the highest levels of forced displacement ever recorded.
According to Apatride Network, The European Union estimates 399,283 people that are “determined stateless or of undetermined nationality.“ Most are native Europeans with deep roots in Europe, being deprived of an equal right to nationality based on discrimination or bureaucratic inadequacies beyond own control. The number is a bare minimum estimate: data and the visibility of the topic remains poor due to obstruction from state actors that cause statelessness, power imbalances, and lack of representation of affected populations.
Stateless in the European Union
0.025%
Asylum Seekers in Portugal
0.65%
Refugees in Portugal
71,194
Forcibly Displaced People in Portugal
