Portugal requires residents to have a biometric ID card for many purposes

Portugal requires residents to have a biometric ID card for many purposes, including medical care, employment and travel. This is an injustice to everyone that is compelled to have the card; it is also a practical disaster for the resident foreigners who can't get one.

The government seems to be using those foreigners as hostages to an international dispute, but we should not let this distract us from the injustice those cards present to people who DO have them.