• Ndola Regional Immigration Office intends to remove Fifty-One (51) Prohibited Immigrants from the country.

• Prohibited Immigrants who will be removed are Forty-Eight Tanzanians among others

• Foreign nationals, particularly the Border community residents must follow the legally prescribed procedure for entering the country.

Ndola Regional Immigration Office intends to remove Fifty-One (51) Prohibited Immigrants from the country after paying their respective fines following convictions for unlawful stay.

Department of Immigration Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka told Money FM News that the Prohibited Immigrants who will be removed are Forty-Eight Tanzanians, Twenty-One of whom were among those apprehended on 25th June 2022 during the Kitwe Clean-up operation, and Three Burundians.

Mr Nshika urged Foreign nationals, particularly the Border Community Residents to follow the legally prescribed procedure for entering the country, including appearing before an Immigration Officer.

“We wish to urge Foreign nationals, particularly the Border Community Residents, to follow the legally prescribed procedure for entering the country, including appearing before an Immigration Officer. We also wish to appeal to members of the public to remain vigilant and report any suspected cases of illegal migration to the nearest Immigration Office, “he urged.

Meanwhile, Mr Nshinka said Department of Immigration, on 29th June 2022, rounded up sixty suspected prohibited immigrants.

He explained that the suspects were nabbed during a Department of Immigration led Joint clean-up operation conducted in Kasumbalesa.

“After the initial screening exercise, the Officers released the Nine (9) Somalis and Two (2) Eritreans upon production of Refugee Certificates and valid mobility passes. However, the Forty-Eight (48) Congolese and Four (4) Tanzanians have so far been unable to produce any documentation justifying their presence in Zambia. As a result, the Department has detained the Fifty-Two (2) suspects at Chingola Correctional Facility pending further processes, “he explained.

Mr. Nshinka added that the operation aimed to rid Kasumbalesa of illegal immigrants following a public outcry of an influx of illegal immigrants.