LISBON: Border guards in Portugal have turned back more than 1,300 foreigners caught trying to enter the country illegally since the country restored full border controls last week as part of security measures for the Euro 2004 Finals.
The vast majority of those stopped were people travelling without documents who police suspect were illegal immigrants heading to Portugal to look for work, border police officials said.
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