The Mzuzu Magistrate Court has fined 44 illegal immigrants from Somalia and Tanzania MK25,000 each or in default serve a three months custodial sentence after convicting them for either illegal stay or entry. Police in Malawi’s northern city of Mzuzu in conjunction with Forestry officials nabbed the foreigners in an operation meant to rid the […]
Police in Dedza are keeping in custody a business woman for habouring three illegal immigrants from Somalia. Dedza police publist sergeant Edward Kabango says the woman Shyreen Sheha contravened section 23 sub-section 1 of immigration act. “Sheha told the police that the three Somalia’s were brought to her home by a man whom she claimed […]
Malawi Police in northern district of Chitipa have arrested 70 Ethiopians and a Somalian for illegally entering the country. The Police have also arrested three Malawians for aiding these illegal immigrants. The three are Mashaka Mumba 26, Lughano Nyondo 32 and Albino Mwambene 31. They all come from Mwandambo village in Karonga. According to Chitipa Police Officer-in-Charge […]
In a space of 30 days, Malawian authorities have arrested over 200 illegal immigrants deep inside the country after successfully beating the security checks raising more questions over the effectiveness of its security system. The latest incident is the apprehension over the weekend of 81 Somali nationals in the central district of Dedza who had […]