Inside the alleged network where an Indian restaurant worker and corrupt officials reportedly sold visas, work permits and tip-offs to foreign nationals bypassing Malawi’s borders A shadowy parallel immigration operation is reportedly producing fake visas, work permits and residence permits for foreign nationals in Malawi, allegedly working hand-in-glove with corrupt immigration officials to bypass the […]
Police intercepted a Honda Freed carrying nine Ethiopian nationals at a roadblock in Chikwawa Two Malawian men, Luciano Gomez, 30, and Wilson John, 25, arrested on suspicion of human trafficking Ethiopian nationals, aged between 18 and 34, could not produce valid travel documents All 11 suspects due in court on charges of illegal entry and […]
Malawi Police in Kasungu have detained three Somalis and an Ethiopian whom they believe are illegal immigrants. The police have also detained a vehicle they were using. Police spokesperson in the Central East Region Harry Namwaza said the venicle, a Toyata Voxy, registration number MC 6698, carried 18 illegal immigrants. Namwaza said police detectives were, […]
Zimbabwean authorities are investigating how 23 Malawians disappeared from a police station after they were arrested for jumping Beitbridge border post, according to reports. The Chronicle online publication from Zimbabwe says the 23 Malawians were waiting to be transported to Harare pending their deportation back to Malawi. They were on their way to South Africa. […]
Malawi Police in Karonga have arrested 11 Pakistanis at Kaporo Road Block for illegal entry into the country. Karonga Police Deputy Spokesperson, Sub-Inspector, Frank Black said the 11 people were travelling in a Toyota Isis registration number RU 7992. He said the driver of the vehicle is at large but left the car after it […]
Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda on Monday engaged the leadership of Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) and the Lilongwe and Blantyre Small Scale Business Operators in a discussion to find a lasting solution to the proliferation of illegal immigrants plying their businesses in Malawi. The meeting comes barely a few […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has halted the immediate deportation of 67 Indian workers at Salima Sugar company whom the government said had no work permit. Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda granted the stay for judicial review on their case. This means the court will hear the whole case before making its determination on whether they should […]
The Indian High Commission to Malawi has warned Indian citizens in the country to ensure that they have work permits to avoid arrests and deportations. The advisory has come after Immigration authorities rounded up close to 100 Indian nationals in Lilongwe for working without work permits in Salima and Lilongwe. The advisory letter reads: “It […]
For fear of being labeled a racist, I know good Indians who have contributed immensely to the development of Malawi. This article, however, is about bad Indians—the ones who abuses government tenders and, again, those who sneak into the country and get employed with relevant documents. Weeks ago, we learnt of 30 Indians who were […]
A resident magistrate’s court in Lilongwe has granted bail to 76 Indian Salima Sugar Company illegal workers just hours after arresting other illegal foreign workers in the country. Lilongwe resident magistrate Shyreen Chirwa ordered the 67 Indian nationals to pay K100, 000 each as bail bond and K500,000 non cash surety bond. Salima Sugar Company […]
Immigration authorities have flushed out and arrested 22 illegal foreign workers in Lilongwe and the hunt is still going on. Immigration department spokesperson for Lilongwe, Ellard Banda said the operation Monday morning was jointly conducted with the police. “We have in custody 16 Indians and six Pakistanis who were working in the country without work […]
Officials from the Indian High Commission to Malawi in Lilongwe are in talks with Capital Hill on the 67 Indians who were arrested last week for working in the country without work permits. Sources at the High Commission said there was a high level meeting between the government and the High Commission officials last week […]
A court in Lilongwe has remanded until Monday pending a bail ruling 67 Indian workers who were arrested on Wednesday at Salima Sugar Company. The foreign workers were arrested by Immigration authorities on allegations that they did not have working permits. The Lilongwe senior resident magistrates Shyreen Chirwa Yona and Florence Msekandiana have reserved their […]
Illigal Indian workers at Salima Sugar Company have appeared in court in Lilongwe just a day after Immigration officials pounced on them. The 67 employees from India who were working at the company without valid official work permits have been formally charged with working without permits. The government has 40 per cent shares in Salima […]
The Immigration Department officials arrested a group of 67 illegal workers – all Indian national – at the Salima Sugar Factory for working without work permits. during a raid on Wednesday barely a day after Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda paid a surprise visit to the factory . The immigration officers surrounded the […]
Sixty-four people have been found dead in a shipping container on the back of a lorry that that came from Malawi in Mozambique, officials said on Tuesday. It is suspected that the dead, thought to be Ethiopian, suffocated. The migrants were on a well-known trafficking route to South Africa Police and immigration authorities stopped the […]
Malawi Police and Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services will carry a joint operation to crackdown on Pakistanis in immigration syndicate with counterfeit passports. The development comes amid the arrest of three Pakistanis in Area 49 in Lilongwe for breaking immigration rules after the public had tipped-off the police that the house was a coronavirus […]
Zimbabwe has sent back 16 Malawians for entering the country illegally. More Malawians are fleeing their country to neighbouring countries and South Africa seeking economic refuge following biting hunger in their country. The deportation comes barely a week after Mozambique repatriated 23 Malawians for lacking proper travelling documents and using unchartered routes. The deportation from […]