In 2013, only Poland, Greece and Spain presented a more negative net migration in absolute terms. Discounting the effects of the return movements, the only countries that lag behind Portugal, were Poland and Romania.
Link http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database
Cite as Pires, Rui Pena (2015), “Portugal has one of the most negative net migration in Europe”, Observatório da Emigração. http://observatorioemigracao.pt/np4EN/4542.html