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Over one thousand illegal immigrants arrested in Malawi from July 2016

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File Photo: Two Ethiopian immigrants netted

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services announced that it has arrested a total of 1,247 illegal immigrants into Malawi from July 2016 to May 2017.

Speaking in an interview with the Malawi News Agency (MANA) on Tuesday, Deputy National Immigration and Citizenship Services Spokesperson, Wellington Chiponde, said the illegal immigrants were arrested for violating conditions of staying in the country.

According to Chiponde, some of them were conducting businesses while others were in schools, but without proper documents. Continue reading Over one thousand illegal immigrants arrested in Malawi from July 2016