Why are people protesting?
The protests concern access to housing and prices that demonstrators say have become unaffordable. Euronews describes encampments used to bring those demands into public space. This is a housing movement, not evidence that the same events are taking place in every Portuguese city.
Euronews · 25 October 2026 ↗Overnight on October 24–25
The PSP confirms an operation at around 2am local time on October 25 in Rossio, Lisbon, and Praça D. João I, Porto. Its statement reports 31 arrests: 25 in Lisbon and six in Porto. These are police figures at the time of that update.
PSP · 25 October 2026 ↗Keep the accounts attributed
Police describe removing encampment structures after efforts at dialogue. Protest representatives quoted by Euronews dispute the methods used and report injuries. Those accounts and figures do not form a single agreed assessment; this page does not offer a consolidated injury total.
Euronews · 25 October 2026 ↗Next protest: what still needs checking
The cited sources do not confirm the date or arrangements for a next demonstration. Check any new announcement with its organiser; removing the tents does not establish that the movement has ended.
Times refer to the country concerned. Events on October 24 or 25 are not presented as happening live today.
Original sources
- October 25 statement: operations in Lisbon and Porto ↗
PSP · Police statement · Portuguese · Published on
- Camp clearances: reporting and witness accounts ↗
Euronews · Reporting · Published on