Thousands in Portugal march against immigration in rally called by far-right party

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Demonstrators marched through the capital Lisbon with the Portuguese national flag and carried banners bearing slogans like, 'Expulsion of immigrants who commit crimes'.

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00:00Thousands of people in Portugal have protested against uncontrolled immigration in a rally

00:07called by the far-right Chega party.

00:10The demonstrators marched through the capital Lisbon with the Portuguese national flag and

00:15carried banners bearing slogans like expulsion of immigrants who commit crimes.

00:21Chega party leader Andre Ventura said those who wanted to come to Portugal to work and

00:26contribute were welcome.

00:43Tension surfaced as the march approached working-class neighbourhoods with large immigrant populations.

00:49Some protesters engaged in a stand-off with pro-immigration activists in favour of a Portugal

00:55open to foreigners.

00:57The number of foreigners living in Portugal jumped by more than 33% last year to reach

01:02more than one million.

01:04That's around one-tenth of the total population, according to the Agency for Integration, Migration

01:10and Asylum.

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