Namibia: Home Affairs 'Disgraceful' Over Couple's Arrest

A HIGH Court judge has sharply criticised the ministry of home affairs over its treatment of a German couple whose application for permanent residence went unanswered for more than two years, before the couple was arrested and charged with being illegally in Namibia.

Immigration officials' failure to respond to the couple's application for permanent residence and eight letters of enquiry about the progress of their application, and then the arrest of the couple last year under the Immigration

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