Angolans in Portugal form the country's second-largest group of African migrants, after Cape Verdeans.
[1] However, this number is likely an underestimate of the true size of the community, as it does not count people of Angolan origin who hold Portuguese citizenship.
[4] Large-scale migratory flow from Angola to Portugal began in the 1970s, around the time of Angolan independence.
[6] However, statistics of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística showed that the population of Angolan legal residents did not decrease from 2001 to 2003, but instead grew by 12.6% (from 22,751 to 25,616 people).
Emigration to Portugal from Angola was a result of war, economic instability, academic aspirations, and new opportunities.
[8] Existing networks created linkages by which made immigration and transitioning to Portuguese-living easier.
The process to residency for the petitioned family member begins with temporary living status, that can be renewed once it expires.
[7] A vast majority of Angolans do not currently invest into their country as a result of short interests and fear of government interventions.
[7] The money quantity of remittances has been on the decline as a result of changing economic factors in Portugal.
The association had also consisted but to varying and typically smaller degrees, colonial-minded Angolans and members of the Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).
The strength of the Casa de Angola could be attributed to the need to lean on a government, which at the time was a dictatorship.
The second association started in 1991 under the name União de Estudantes Angolanos em Portugal (AEAP).
This association was founded to serve the interests of students pursuing university educations in Portugal.
The overall well-being of Portuguese-Angolans after securing stable incomes could for them to send remittances back to their family in Portugal.
The immigrant, now in an inferior position, may be the recipient of reverse treatment because of the historical legacy of the Portuguese to native-Angolans.
However, two important elements of their self-described common identity are calor humano (human warmth) and convivência (living together), part of "African hospitality" and "African solidarity" which they feel is an important difference between Angolan and Portuguese social relations.
Angolan migrants in Portugal have had a significant influence on the popularisation of the kuduro musical style.