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Cape Verdean women denounce barriers to integration in Portugal

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Cape Verdean women living in Portugal denounce difficulties with residence permits, the cost of living and access to housing, which are hindering their integration. Dulcelina Rodrigues and Isabel Tavares are calling for better institutional support and warning about scams by bogus intermediaries, according to the Inforpress news agency.

Cape Verdean women living in Portugal have denounced difficulties with regularising documents, the high cost of living and barriers to accessing housing. They are calling for greater institutional support and better conditions for integration, immigrants Dulcelina Rodrigues and Isabel Tavares told the Inforpress news agency on the occasion of National Culture and Communities Day, celebrated on 18 October in Cape Verde.

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