Jews Win a Right of Return to Portugal Five Centuries After Inquisition
6th September 2013
Although why they would want to is anybody’s guess.
As with all high-minded impulses, the difficulty may be getting down to the details. (A similar ruling, announced with less public fanfare late last year by Spain’s Ministry of Justice, has become mired in controversy – slowed by long waits, onerous regulations like renouncing other citizenship and what Rebelo describes as “a large Muslim lobby we don’t have in Portugal.”)