The Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum known in its acronym AIMA is a public institution integrated into the indirect administration of the Government of Portugal, endowed with legal personality, administrative and financial autonomy, and its own assets. On April 6, 2023, the Council of Ministers approved the creation of a new entity that would assume the some of the administrative functions of the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) and also absorb the functions of the High Commissioner for Migration. On October 29, 2023, with the completion of the SEF's abolition process, AIMA officially began operations. AIMA holds technical and administrative responsibilities in implementing migration policies, such as documentation, database management, relationships and cooperation with other institutions, and external representation, particularly within the Schengen Area and with the European border and asylum agencies.