Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 foreigners have been arrested in ongoing operations targeting people living illegally in the country. The Ministry of Internal Affairs Spokesperson Simon Peter Mundeyi says intelligence-led operations against illegal immigrants started five weeks ago and netted more than 60 people earlier, and an …
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian immigration authorities on Tuesday announced a week-long country-wide crackdown on illegal immigrants. The commissioner general for the Tanzania Immigration Services Department, Anna Makakala, told a press conference in Morogoro region that the force will leave no stone unturned in detecting the aliens. Makakala …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened security deployment along the Uganda-Rwanda border to curb the increasing cases of illegal immigrants and smuggling of livestock by Rwandan nationals. On February 27, 2019, Rwanda closed its borders following an advisory by Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame to his nationals against travelling …
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Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 100 people have been arrested in Isingiro district for crossing into Uganda from Tanzania through the porous routes. The routes are mainly in the villages of Kakamba, Nyamarungi, Kikagate, Kamwima and Ruborogota. In March, President Museveni directed the closure of all borders as a …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | British police said Monday that officers were trying to identify a man they believe fell to his death from beneath a Kenya Airways plane about to land at Heathrow Airport. London’s Metropolitan Police said officers were called on Sunday after the discovery of the suspected …
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