Mission of the CLAII offices
The CLAII offices’ mission is to go beyond the information, providing support during the whole process of reception and integration of immigrants, coordinating with the different local structures, and promoting interculturality at a local level.
These ACM services provide support and general information in several areas such as regulation, nationality, family reunification, housing, voluntary return, work, health, education, among other everyday issues.
Mission of the GAEI offices
The GAEI have the function of supporting immigrants in different specialized areas in order to complement and solidify its integration process. There are specialized offices in different areas such as Legal, Social, Psychological, Health, Employment / Entrepreneurship, Conflict Mediation and other fields;
CLAII and GAEI Network - an integrated service
Aiming to promote a close integration, CLAII and GAEI result of different initiatives.
Some offices result from partnerships established between the High Commission for Migration, ACM, PI and local authorities and civil society, as well as recently integrated this network, firms that have resulted from civil society organizations projects, approved by ACM, PI, in its new dimension as Delegated Authority of FEINPT - European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals. All these offices, in cooperation, promote an integrated service.
Location
In total, about 148 offices, of general and specialized information distributed from north to south and islands, covering 19 districts and 76 municipalities. The service is personalized and has the support of skilled experts for this purpose, some of them also immigrants.
