Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
24 June 2009
Luanda — The head of staff of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), General Francisco Pereira Furtado, has called on attention for the consequences of illegal immigration phenomena provokes for the country's economy and national defence, Angop has learnt.
That official general said so while speaking in a talk on "The Future Challenges for the Armed Forces", under the second events of national defence, taking place in Luanda.
He underlined that illegal immigration constituted in the last times one of the greatest threats to economic and social stability, a situation caused by the vulnerability of national borders and weak mechanisms of supervision, which is a concern of the Angolan State.
The high-ranking army official said that since May 09, an operation code-named Crisis, under co-ordination of FAA, that in 37 days, expelled 18,000 illegal foreign in the diamond rich Lunda-Norte Province.
Francisco Pereira Furtado said that the operation follows the world financial and economic crisis that affects the diamond sector and provoked the abandonment of 11 huge diamond projects in the country.
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