Namibian MPs Concerned About Illegal Zimbabwean Immigrants

Legislators have expressed concern over the high number of illegal immigrants entering Namibia. Desperate Zimbabweans are reported to be seeking urgent travel documents to flee the economic crisis in their country, where daily power cuts, fuel and water shortages and a steady increase in the prices of basic commodities are the daily reality, as inflation soars.

A "transporter" who helps smuggle Zimbabweans across the border fence.

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