Five Mozambicans who were employed by Corredor Logístico Integrado do Norte (CLN) for working in the country without permits have been arrested and face deportation . They were arrested in Zomba after raid by Malawi Police Service and the Department of Immigration on Thursday . Immigration public relations officer, Martha Gonondo, said authorities released three […]
Illegal immigrants will find it harder to set up home in Africa’s economic giant, South Africa as their government says it will make it more difficult for people to live and work in there illegally. South African High Commissioner to Malawi Cassandra Mbuyane Mokone said they will welcome only immigrants who have the right of […]
Malawi Police on Saturday arrested 12 Ethiopian nationals for illegal entry in the country, who were found in Mzimba district and 2 Malawians have also been netted for aiding illegal immigrants. Mzimba Police Public Relations Officer, Gabriel Chiona said, the two arrested Malawians are Andy Nyasulu, 19, from Village headman Mtomboloka, in the area of Traditional […]
Malawi Police in northern district of Rumphi have arrested 16 Ethiopian nationals f who they intercepted at Thekero along the M1 Road lakeshore side in the district for illegal entry into the country. The law enforcers have also launched a man-hunt for the driver who had aided them but bolted immediately after encountering a check […]
Malawi Police in Karonga has confirmed that on Saturday they shot a Toyota Coaster registration KA 3599 carrying illegal immigrants and then arrested 61 Ethiopians on board. Police shot the vehicle’s left rear and front tyres to force the driver to stop. The Toyota Coaster is licensed to carry 24 passengers by overloaded with 61 […]
Malawi police headquarters has demoted Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) officers working under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for engaging in human trafficking deals, Nyasa Times has established. Impeccable sources at police’s Area 30 say the officers have since been reverted to general duties. “They let three Bangladesh nationals enter the country without their passports being stamped by […]
Some illegal Chinese workers are still working at Golden Peacock in the capital Lilongwe without the blessings of the Department of Immigration which denied them working permits for several times. Nyasa Times investigations has revealed that Golden Peacock management is still keeping the workers in their managerial positions despite the Immigration Department advice that the […]
Surely any person going to work outside their country is an expatriate? But no, the word exclusively applies to white people In the lexicon of human migration there are still hierarchical words, created with the purpose of putting white people above everyone else. One of those remnants is the word “expat”. What is an expat? […]
A minibus driver in the border district of Karonga is in the cooler for illegally aiding 27 Ethiopians into the country, police have confirmed. Zebron Mvula, 23, was arrested Friday morning at a roadblock mounted just next to the North Rukuru River Bridge as he tried to enter the town of Karonga. He was driving […]
A 50 year Tanzanian nation Ambokire Pilipili suspected to be an agent of harbouring and transporting illegal Immigrants using uncharted routes to Malawi, has been arrested in the northern border district of Karonga, Malawi Immigration Department told Nyasa Times. Immigration spokesperson in Karonga, Samuel Kandeya, told Nyasa Times that the Tanzania was arrested after a […]
The newly appointed acting Chief Immigration Officer Chrispine Sibande Banda on Wednesday issued a stern warning to immigration officers against engaging in corrupt practices because it frustrated Government’s efforts at improving the country’s economy. Banda said this when he was addressing immigration members of staff in the central region at the meeting which took place in […]
The Dowa First Grade Magistrate ha found 71 Ethiopian nationals guilty of illegal entry and have been sentenced to pay a fine of k5,000.00 each and three months in jail with hard labour. The illegal lags were answering the offence of entering the country Illegal in which they all admitted the charge. Magistrate Amulani Phiri […]
Malawi Police in Karonga the northern border district are keeping in custody suspected Congolese rebels who are members of the M23 group, on suspicion on entering the country illegally on Wednesday. Police said the detained eight people were members of the M23 rebels hat launched a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Karonga Police […]
Police in Malawi’s central district of Dowa this week ntercepted and arrested 40 Ethiopian nationals and a Malawian national for allegedly aiding them to enter into the country illegally. The Malawian national, identified as Wise Upambo, aged 21 and the Ethiopian nationals were intercepted during a sweeping exercise by the law enforcers in the district. They […]
Malawi Police swooped 100 Ethiopian migrants in Karonga near the border with Tanzania who entered the country without authorised documents. Karonga police spokesperson Enock Livason said the Ethiopian migrants were arrested together with five Malawians who had facilitated their illegal entry. The five Malawians are Thoko William 22 years, of Yapola village Traditional Authority Mkuwula […]
Malawi’s porous borders have been said to be one of the major risks that might expose the country to the deadly Ebola outbreak currently causing havoc in some African countries especially in the western parts of the continent. The country’s Chief Immigration Officer Hudson Mankhwala has therefore asked all people in border districts to be […]
One Tanzanian national and three Malawians are in police custody in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga for aiding and abetting seven Rwandese (three women and four men), to enter the country without valid documents. Karonga Station Officer Almakio Daka identified the suspects as Braham Mussa, (47) years of Mbeya village in Tanzania, Jackson Mweneloki […]
Immigration officers in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga have been forced to move Chitimba roadblock after angry residents from Bongolo Village Traditional Authority Mwalweni beat up three officers who were on duty for arresting 46 Ethiopian nationals who were illegal immigrants. Supervisor of Chitimba road brock Jack Kateta told Nyasa Times that they received a […]