Security Authorities in eastern Province have arrested 78 Somali nationals who illegally entered the country through Malawi.
The Somali nations were nabbed in Nyimba yesterday around 04:00 hours.
Security sources said the immigrants were been aided in to the country by Zambia national identified as Patrick Phiri of Luangwa district.
The Somali nations who were heading to Zimbabwe were hiding in a truck which was intercepted in Nyimba district.
The Illegal immigrants have since been brought to Lusaka were they are expected to be interrogated.
Efforts to get Immigration Public Relations Officer Mulako Mbangweta failed by press time as she was reported to have been in a meeting .
Meanwhile security authorities in Eastern Province have cautioned Zambians not to abet or help foreign nationals entering the country illegally as they may be a risk to the security of the country.
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Somali somalli. Wagata magirita
Yet they will be let free. All they have to do is pay a certain immigration officer $500. Off they go. The law of the land is never respected. No wonder people cried when they heard about that woman in China. Our law is taken very lightly.
Maybe they are retired pirates with money to invest!!!
Ba Immigration what does the law state in regard to illegal innigrants. Zambians when arrested in other countries are made to face the law of the land as it states according to the offence. These Somalians and their aid must be dealt with severely so that would be offenders will have a second thought before enganging in the act. Punish those criminals and their aid with hard labour
Correction, was suppossed to read illegal immigrants and not ” innigrants”.
Mmmmmmmh heading to Zimbabwe??? Well I guess whilst others are running from there others are running there.
NO MERCY PUNISH THEM SEVERELY INCLUDING PHIRI
Dangerous people like the Somali Prohibited Immigrants , I feel there is need to Scritinized them ,as far as I am concerned those guys are Muslims and we don’t know whom they are conneceted to ,so that puts our Security at risk.Therefore making them pay and letting them scot free is not idea. All we need is to tighten up our Security wings and make every Zambian feel Patriotic in reporting suspected illegal chaps like these.
As Levi said ‘Let the Law Visit them” Osa lepela
They behave very badly in foreign countries, are extremely violent. make sure they leave our territory.
Wether detention or interrogation, they must be done in Chipata. No need to send them to Lusaka. Fuel will be wasted on such an operation. Sort out the problem in Chipata and have them deported to Malawi and let Malawi take care of the problem for having let them pass through their country. We should not bear the deportation costs wholly.
Nika effort made by the courageous ones to run away from bullets for bf, lunch and supper. Lekeni baye pa Zimbambwe. Zambia is just the route thru, nabalandana abene ati tuleya pali Tsvangirai. Kubaleka just like zedians have settled in the diaspora, many of them illegally ne chisungu ichitali chitali.
Ala guys tuli benge fwebaba mufyalo and you know what its like to be an illegal immigrant,I mean we all know by Somalia yalikosa nkala olimba.Balekeni Ba leya pa Zim Zim….