Portugal on Tuesday passed tougher immigration regulations that make it more difficult to enter the country after right and far-right parties voted in favour of the amended bill in Parliament.

The law was passed by the centre-right parliamentary majority after the Constitutional Court rejected the original text in July, judging it as being overly severe on family members of immigrants who wanted to join them.

According to the raft of approved measures, family reunification for immigrants will now only be applicable after at least two years of lawful stay, and only highly skilled individuals will be eligible for job search visas.

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Another aspect of the change pertaining to the requirements for obtaining Portuguese nationality is

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