Times Reporter
14 April 2004
THE Immigration Department in Eastern and Copperbelt provinces arrested over 30 illegal immigrants from neighbouring countries during the Easter holidays.
Immigration Department spokesperson, Jones Mwelwa said in an interview yesterday that seven Congolese were picked up in Chipulukusu, Kawama and Twapia townships in Ndola.
Mr Mwelwa said of the seven, five were still detained in police custody while two were released after producing the required documents.
He said 26 Malawians were arrested in Chipata after they were found working on Tobacco farms without work permits.
Mr Mwelwa warned individual farmers who were in the habit of employing illegal immigrants, that they risked being prosecuted.
"I am appealing to all employers to make sure that all their foreign workers they employed had immigration permits.
"They should be in conformity with the Immigration and Deportation Act failure to which they would be prosecuted," he said.
He further disclosed that four other Congolese were not allowed to enter Zambia in Chipata.
Mr Mwewa said the quartet, who were coming from Mozambique, did not have entrance visa's.
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