Angola: 396 Foreigners Repatriated

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file photo: foreigners seek legal migration documents

Cabinda — The Angolan Migration and Foreigners Services (SME) in northern Cabinda province repatriated 396 foreigners who were living illegally in the country.

An SME note that reached Angop on Friday says of the above number, 375 are citizens from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 19 from Congo Brazzaville, one from Mali and one Portuguese.

The illegally-based foreigners were repatriated across the border posts of Yema and Tendequela, to the south of Cabinda, Massabi (north), and Chiobo (southeast).

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