Angola: Congolese Citizens Detained for Border Infringement

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file photo: A group of illegal migrants

Mbanza Kongo — Four citizens from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FRC) were detained in the last seven days, in the northern Zaire Province, for illegally entering Angola through the common border.

Press note from the Zaire Provincial Police Command, which has reached ANGOP, states that in the mentioned period the authorities also stopped two Congolese citizens from illegally trying to enter the national territory, from the Congolese region of Bas Congo.

According to the document, the infringements took place at the Kinguvo border (Nóqui locality), Soyo Municipality and Mpala (Mbanza Kongo Municipality).

The note also explains that after the operation, the referred foreigners were sent to the Provincial Department of Migration and Foreigners for their respective repatriation processes.

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