Azores Situation Report Wednesday 19th February 2025
Thousands of Azoreans illegally living in the State of Massachusetts
Thousands of undocumented Azoreans are currently living in a climate of apprehension in the state of Massachusetts, in the United States. Senator Michael Rodrigues assured that he is monitoring the situation and reinforced his commitment to helping the Azorean community.
“There may be thousands of people in the Azorean diaspora who do not have the necessary documents. But they are good members of society: they work hard, pay their bills, pay taxes and contribute to their communities,” said Senator Michael Rodrigues, elected by the State of Massachusetts, after a meeting with the president of the Regional Government.
According to the Portuguese-born senator, the community between Fall River, New Bedford (Massachusetts) and East Providence (Rhode Island) is currently “very anxious”, as it is “a hard-working community, made up of committed individuals, families and children”, in which, for now, these anti-immigration policies have not yet been felt. Even so, the senator states that both he and the other members of the delegation in the region are aware of the situation, revealing that they “want to do everything in our power to help”, as he stressed yesterday to José Manuel Bolieiro.
Young doctors from the Azores and Madeira remain in the archipelagos for quality of life
Some young doctors from the Azores and Madeira prefer to work in the archipelagos for family reasons and for the “quality of life”, but there are those who opt for other destinations, in the country and abroad, seeking better working conditions.
Man arrested in Ribeira Grande after trying to escape from PSP with stolen vehicle
The PSP arrested, in flagrante delicto, in Ribeira Grande, a man suspected of stealing a vehicle, who tried to flee when approached by officers
The 37-year-old man was arrested on Friday, in the city of Ribeira Grande, during a policing action, after the defendant’s “suspicious behavior” caught the attention of the police, according to a statement from the PSP Regional Command.
“The suspect carried out several evasive maneuvers, with the clear intention of preventing the police from approaching him, and immobilized the vehicle he was driving after a few kilometers, fleeing on foot,” said the PSP, indicating that the man ended up being controlled by the police “a few hundred meters from the vehicle.”
Authorities found that the suspect was driving a vehicle “stolen in the area of the Ribeira Grande police station”.
The suspect was given, by the judicial authority, “a sentence of 8 months in prison, suspended for 1 year and 6 months, in a summary trial, and he is also required to undergo treatment for his drug addiction”, reveals the PSP.