Integration

According to statistics released by Department of Economic and Social affairs of United Nations which shows the results of data about “International Migrant Stock 2019” exactly Portugal 2019, the number reached 888.2, however the percentage of those international migrants as share of total population was 8.7% in 2019.
Ismail Abdul is a young Muslim who lives in Portugal. He studies master in management and works as an administrative assistant. In the videos Ismail shared what he likes the most in Portugal, and what he enjoys doing the most such as walking in Lisbon’s streets, his love to Benfica football club shows how much his integrated in the Portuguese society. Furthermore, Ismail stated that as a Muslim he lives safely in Portugal. The most important for him is family which make him ambitious to have a stable life to be able to raise a family.

According to a report “International Migration Report 2017” released by Department of Economic and Social Affairs of United Nations, stated that the number of international migrants worldwide has continued to grow over the past seventeen years, reaching 258 million in 2017, up from 248 million in 2015. However, between 2015 and 2017, the international migrant stock grew by an average of 2.0 per cent per year.

Marian Hossen Suleman, a young Muslim from Mozambican parents who arrived to Portugal since a long time. She studies accounting in Lisbon accounting and business school and helps her mother in her clothing store. Integration for Marian was easy and her Portuguese friends welcomed the religious difference of Marian kindly, they showed her interest and support during her fasting in Ramadan…which strengthens her relation with them. In the video Mariana shared some of her moments with her friends in school, café, and other places that shows a part of her daily routine with her environment.

According to the Portuguese law foreign students can benefits from some public and private forms of funding for their studies and their living expenses. In terms of direct action by the Portuguese state, they will have the right for scholarships after fulfilling some requirements, among of those requirements holders of permanent residence permit or beneficiaries of status of long-term resident. Mikail Ossman, a young Muslim student of management in Business and economics school in Lisbon. His mother is Mozambican and his father is Zimbabwean, it was easy for Mikail to have friends out of the Islamic community, which they interact with them in school or during the sports that he practices. However, he sees that people should not look to all Muslims in the same way, because he believes if certain extremist individual that follows certain religion, it does not mean that all who follows the same religion are extremists.

According to an article released by Non Resident Indians Online website, it shows the statistics of the number of Indians abroad, the number of Indians in Portugal reached 70,000 which they represent 0.7% of the total population.
Sheinize Mahomed Imran a young Muslim student of master in Architecture and Urban Rehabilitation, she is from Mozambique and Indian Origins. Sheinize lives in Lisbon alone and all her family live in Mozambique, being a Muslim and Indian made her afraid to be unwelcomed in the Portuguese society, but when she arrived she found quit the opposite of what she was afraid of, she was very welcomed and integrated easily which helped her to make Portuguese friends. In the video Sheinize share some of the moments she spends with her friends during the weekend that shows her integration
with the society.

According to a graph released by Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, the graph exposes the number of international migrants by major area of destination in 2019, the highest numbers goes to Northern America and Europe. Masirem Danso is a young Muslim who lives in Portugal. He studies Design (his dream since he was child) but he had quit his studies. Now he is working in a hotel. Masirem adapted easily and he made a lot of friends. He didn’t have discrimination at school. In the videos Masirem also shared his ambitions. The most important for him is to have independence, to achieve his dreams, to help his family (specially his mother).

A document issued by Department of Economics and Social Affairs, United Nation revealed the number of the international migrants below the age of 20 years old reached 38 million, or 13.9 per cent of the global migrant stock.
Suaibo Faty is a young Muslim from Guinea-Bissau who lives in Portugal. He is a working student. He loves dancing and martial arts. When he arrived in Portugal, he made friends quickly. The only biggest difficulty he had in Portugal was the language. With his friends, he never suffered racism or prejudice. However, in the videos, Suaibo shared an episode when he was victim of racism at work. He says it was when they found out his religion.
That day he quit his job. From the future, Suaibo has two big dreams: to be a dancer, known all over world and to be a programmer. His expectations are to have a stable life and to give a future for his family.

According to an article released by “Index mundi” about Portugal Demographics profile of the year 2019, which shows the percentages of the religions that exists in Portugal, the highest percentage was for Roman catholic 81%, other Christian 3.3%, and a percentage of 0.6% include both Jewish and Muslims. This video talks about the stigma towards Islam. According to Mikail, one of Muslim youngsters who live in Portugal, people shouldn’t look to all Muslims in the same way because there is a difference. If an individual is an extremist to follow a certain religion, it doesn’t mean that everyone who follows that same religion is also an extremist.
Sheikh David Munir (IMAM of the Lisbon Central Mosque) explain the young Muslims stigma. According to him, a non-muslim youngster who performs terrorist actions is never mentioned his religion. However, if a youngster has an Islamic name it is associated to the Islamic radicalism.

According to study data “International Migrants stock 2019, Portugal”
released by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, showed the results of number of international migrants in Portugal by top countries of origin, Angola came in the top of the list the number of Angolans reached 180 thousands, followed by Brazilians 140 thousands, then French 100 thousands after it Mozambicans 80 thousands, in the bottom of the list came Cabo Verde with the number of 60 thousands. This video combined parts of the main four videos of the four first youngsters, Sheinize Mahmoed Imran, Mikail Ossman, Ismail Abdul, Marian Hossen Suleman, where those youngsters talk about their activities and what they like and enjoy the most in Portugal, as it shows how they are integrated by showing some clips of their daily life in Portugal.

According to statistics released by Department of Economic and Social affairs of United Nations which shows the results of data about “International Migrant Stock 2019” exactly Portugal , shows the results of age and sex distribution of international migrants of the total population in 2019, the highest percentage was almost 8% for females between the age of 45 to 49 years old for females, while for males of the same age range reached 6%, while the age range between 20 to 24 years old reached almost 3% for both genders males and females of the international migrants in Portugal. This video is a combination with all testimonials of Muslim youngsters who live in Portugal. They shared how their life is inside the Portuguese society and their integration in Portugal. Some of them shared their difficulties. However, the majority feel totally safe and happy in Portugal. The most important thing in their lives is their family.