But Portugal's housing crisis curbed her dreams and forced her to live in a tent. Sale prices have skyrocketed 137% in that period, according to housing data specialists Confidencial Imobiliario. Brazilians, who make up 40% of Portugal's migrant community, on average earn around 20% less than Portuguese, according to the Migration Observatory. At Saturday's rallies in Lisbon, Porto and other cities, protesters carried banners reading "Housing is a right!" The 2021 census showed that nearly 38% of Portugal's foreign population lived in overcrowded households, and various rights groups have said migrants often face discrimination in access to housing.

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Persons: Marcia Leandro, Andreia Costa, Confidencial, Leandro, Dinis Lourenco, Lourenco, Costa, Miguel Pereira, Catarina Demony, Andrei Khalip, David Holmes Organizations: Confidencial Imobiliario, Migration, Socialist, Thomson Locations: LISBON, Portugal, Brazil, Lisbon, Western, Porto