Anecdotally, when I visited Lisbon last year, every taxi driver was extremely friendly and constantly encouraging me to buy some property and move to Portugal.

Obviously this is a small sample size, but my impression was the people I talked to all genuinely welcomed foreigners (and their money, sure) in a way I haven’t experienced in many other places. Other expats I talked to in Portugal agreed with this.

I think the Portuguese may find that the only thing worse than positive net migration is negative net migration.