The Mission of PCRE – Return Program is based on the following points:
- Ensure the execution of the Regressar Program, in conjunction with the government areas responsible for its implementation;
- Promote, in conjunction with the competent services in the government area of foreign affairs, the dissemination, among portuguese communities, of job opportunities existing in Portugal;
- Promote, in conjunction with the competent services in the government area of foreign affairs, the dissemination, among emigrants and portuguese descendants who intend to return to Portugal, of aggregated information regarding the measures that ensure and support this return upon arrival;
- Support and monitor, in conjunction with the competent services in the government area of foreign affairs, emigrants and portuguese descendants who wish to return to Portugal, namely by streamlining the procedures and administrative decisions necessary for their return.