Last director of SEF criticizes the service's extinction and says AIMA has not solved the problems

The former director of the now-defunct Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF), Paulo Batista, criticized the decision to extinguish the agency, arguing that the transition and subsequent division of responsibilities among different entities created significant operational difficulties. He stated that the accumulation of backlogs was exacerbated by a lack of resources and motivation in the final months of SEF, alongside a system where new applications outpaced the resolution of existing ones.