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| nativename        = ((lang|pt|Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras))
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[[file:Building of Autoridade Nacional Segurança Rodoviária and Serviço Estrangeiros e Fronteiras.jpg|thumb|150px|Building of Autoridade Nacional Segurança Rodoviária and Serviço Estrangeiros e Fronteiras]]
The '''Foreigners and Borders Service''' - '''SEF''' (((lang-pt|Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras))) was the  [[police]] service integrated into the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs]], whose mission was to enforce immigration and asylum in [[Portugal]], in accordance with the provisions of constitutional, legal and governmental guidelines.

Among other duties, the SEF was the agency responsible for border control and the issuing of residence permits to foreign nationals legally residing in Portugal.

This police force was dissolved in October 2023, leaving the [[Polícia de Segurança Pública|PSP]] (the Portuguese national civilian police force) as well as the [[National Republican Guard (Portugal)|GNR]] (the country's national Gendarmery force) responsible with the SEF's former duties.<ref>((Cite web |last=Donn |first=Natasha |date=2021-04-15 |title=SEF officially becomes SEA today as PSP/ GNR take over control of Portugal's borders |url=https://www.portugalresident.com/sef-officially-becomes-sea-today-as-psp-gnr-take-over-control-of-portugals-borders/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Portugal Resident |language=en-GB))</ref>

==Organization==
Headquartered in [[Lisbon]], the SEF was headed by a director general, including central and decentralized services.
*Central services: 
**Administrative Council;
**Offices: Asylum and Refugees, Documentation, Communication and Public Relations, Juridical and International Relations and Cooperation;
**Central Directorates: Border, Management and Administration, Immigration, Control and Documentary, Information Technology and Research, Research and Information Analysis;
**Autonomous departments: Nationality, Operations and Planning and Training.
*Decentralized services: 
**Regional Directorates: Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Alentejo, North, Algarve, Beira, Madeira and Azores;
**Delegations, border posts and mixed posts, depending on the regional directorates. The mixed posts, located on the Portuguese-Spanish border, are joint units garrisoned by police officers from Portugal and Spain.

==History==
By decree of [[Carlos I of Portugal|King Carlos I]] on August 29, 1893, the [[Polícia Civil (Portugal)|Civil Police of Lisbon]] (''Corpo de Polícia Civil de Lisboa'') were divided into three sections, one of which was the Administrative Inspection Police, which, among other duties, was responsible for the monitoring of foreigners with Portugal.

In 1918, the Emigration Police (''Polícia de Emigração'') were created through Decree-Law No. 4166 of April 27. The Emigration Police were responsible for the control of the land borders and were a division that worked directly under the General Directorate of Public Safety.

In 1928, the Portuguese International Police (''Polícia Internacional Portuguesa'') were created with the responsibility of monitoring the land borders and foreigners who resided in Portugal. The International Police operated under the Information Police (''Polícia de Informações''), a body with responsibility for national security, until it was disbanded in 1931.

In 1930 the International Police were moved from the command of the Information Police to the command of  the [[Polícia Judiciária|Criminal Investigation Police]] (''Polícia de Investigação Criminal'') as its International Section. Through Decree No. 20 125 of July 28, 1931, the Portuguese International Police returned to the Ministry of the Interior, remaining under direct control of the Ministry.

In 1932, the Political and Social Surveillance Section (''Secção de Vigilância Política e Social'') of the Portuguese International Police was created, responsible for preventing and combating crimes of a political and social nature. Through Decree No. 22 151 of January 23, 1933, the Political and Social Surveillance Section was transformed into the Political and Social Defense Police (''Polícia de Defesa Política e Social''), becoming independent of the International Police.

By Decree-Law No. 22 992 of August 29, 1933, the Portuguese International Police and the Political and Social Defense Police were once again merged into a single body that became the [[State Surveillance and Defense Police]] (''Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado'') (PVDE). The PVDE included an International Section which was responsible for verifying the entry, stay and exit of foreigners from the National Territory, their detention if they were deemed undesirable, fighting against espionage, and collaboration with the police of other countries.

In 1945, through Decree-Law No. 35 046 of October 22, the PVDE was transformed into the [[PIDE|International and State Defense Police]] (''Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado'') (PIDE). PIDE was entrusted with administrative functions and functions to prevent and combat crime. As part of its administrative functions, PIDE was responsible for immigration and passport services, land border, sea and air border services and for foreigners' stay and stay service in Portugal. As part of its functions to prevent and combat crime, it was incumbent upon PIDE to prepare preparatory documents for crimes related to the illegal entry and stay of foreigners in Portugal, border protection against criminal activities crimes of illegal emigration, and crimes against the internal and external security of the State.

PIDE was disbanded in 1969, by Decree-Law no. 49 401 of November 24, and the [[General Directorate of Security (Portugal)|General Directorate for Security]] (''Direcção-Geral de Segurança'') (DGS) was created in its place. The DGS included the Directorate of Foreigners and Border Services (''Direção dos Serviços de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras''), the basis of the current service which was created in 1974.

In 2023, Portugal's government approved the abolition of the SEF.<ref>Catarina Demony (6 April 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/portugal-abolishes-scandal-hit-border-service-strike-looms-2023-04-06/ Portugal abolishes scandal-hit border service, strike looms] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>

==Controversy==
In 2020, 42-year old Ukrainian Ihor Homeniuk was beaten to death while in the SEF's custody at [[Lisbon Airport]]; in 2021, three SEF officers – Duarte Laja, Luís Silva and Bruno Sousa – were found guilty of inflicting serious bodily harm that ultimately led to Homeniuk's death and sentenced to several years in jail.<ref>Catarina Demony (10 May 2021), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/portugal-border-cops-sentenced-jail-over-death-detained-traveller-2021-05-10/ Portugal border cops sentenced to jail over death of detained traveller] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>

==References==
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((Law enforcement in Portugal))
((Border protection agencies))
((Authority control))

((DEFAULTSORT:Servico de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras))
[[Category:Law enforcement agencies of Portugal]]

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