The Immigration department in Rukwa Region has arrested and deported 69 immigrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi and Burundi for illegally entering and staying in the country.
Rukwa regional Immigration officer Wilson Babaganya told PST that 44 of the culprits, all of them from the DRC, were arrested on September 16, this year, at Kirando in Nkasi District when they were in a vehicle on their way to Sumbawanga municipality via Namanyere Township.
He said when interrogated, the aliens admitted of not having legal travel documents and that they were on transit to Malawi and South Africa in search for greener pastures.
Elaborating, he said among the 44 DRC nationals, 19 were children aged between two and 15 years.
He said last Friday another 21 illegal immigrants were arrested at Katongoro area. They too claimed to have been on transit to South Africa.
``Four of them, all Burundians, were arrested in Sumbawanga municipality,`` he said, adding that so far the authorities had managed to deport 48 of them to their respective countries.
Tuesday 25 September 2007
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