FILE PHOTO: Gates, passport control and toilets signs are seen at Lisbon's airport, Portugal, June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo
LISBON (Reuters) - The head of Portugal's SEF border service resigned on Wednesday after months of backlash over the fatal beating of a Ukrainian man detained at Lisbon airport for trying to enter the country without a valid visa.
Ihor Homenyuk, 40, died in March at an airport detention centre run by SEF where he was taken after refusing to board a flight out of the country.
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