The Immigration Department in Chipata district of the Eastern Province has arrested 25 Somalis for entering the country illegally.
Immigration Department Public Relations Officer, Mulako Mbangweta confirmed the arrest of 24 men and a 15 year old girl this morning.
Ms Mbangweta said the 25 Somalis who were arrested at Mpezeni Park in Kapata township were from Malawi traveling to Zimbabwe enroute to South Africa.
She said the officers were tipped about the presence of the Somalians by a driver of a canter truck from whom the foreign nationals wanted to get transport to proceed with their journey.
Ms Mbangweta said the 25 Somalis have been detained at Namuseche Prison in Chipata.
And Ms Mbangweta has asked Zambians to report suspicious movements of foreign nationals.
She said the immigration department was arresting Somalis who were entering the country illegally almost every week.
Ms Mbangweta disclosed that human trafficking had become a profitable business and required the involvement of all stakeholders to curb the illegal trade.
Last month 77 Somalis were arrested in Petauke after entering the country illegally while in May this year 16 Malawians were also arrested for entering the country without proper documents on their way to South Africa.
Meanwhile, four Malawians were yesterday arrested in Mgubudu area in Chipata district for attempting to obtain green national registration cards in the on going mobile issuance of National Registration Cards (NRC).
Ms Mbangweta said the four Malawians tried to obtain the NRC’s by giving false representation.
They have also been detained at Namuseche Prison and will appear in court soon.
ZANIS
Somalia has been in turmoil for at least a decade now. When are we going to open up our borders to accommodate our African brothers and sisters?
What are we really scared about those people,next time it will be Mbangweta herself running to other countries, treat one another well,some of us have been living in other countries for too long to understand this
I’m very impressed with both contributions above. Our uprightness is judged on how we treat strangers that come accross our borders. As long as they’re unarmed and seeking refuge, I don’t think it is right to detain them in prison. They should be assisted.
They will never allow you into their country you KAFFIRS. Try dating their female relative and you will see what they do to you. Somalis should just go to the middle east since they dont regard themselves as Negroes. In the UK and US Somalis are even forming gangs and fighting blacks.
Imwe namwe you forget when your fellow zambians are unjumulad from abroad you cry racism. Today you are chucking out the somali’s tommorow your children will be sent back home from bulaya. You same government officials forget that you use the stolen money to send your children abroad
you forget when your fellow zambians are deported from abroad you cry racism. Today you are chucking out the somali’s tommorow your children will be sent back home from bul ay a. You same government officials forget that you use the st o le n money to send your children abroad
#4 manuel what are you talkin’ about? They’re not all as archaic as you describe them, I mingle with a lot of Somalians here – both male & female. As for the female, infact they’re the ones who run down Bantu negroes or “Kaffirs” as you call us…they like the way intwenu is done by real African men.
these people should go back where they came from they are very bad people who love to kill other people.