Mozambique deports 88 Malawians in transit to South Africa

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Mozambique deports 88 Malawians in transit to South Africa

8:21 CAT | 09 Oct 2017

Nyasa Times / Deported Malawians from Mozambique

Authorities in Mozambican Tete province have deported 88 Malawian nationals who were on their way to South Africa probably to look for greener pastures, Malawi immigration officials have confirmed.

Malawian nationals who were travelling to South Africa without any travelling document.

They say details of those who trafficked them remain sketchy since the alleged traffickers have been detained in Mozambique on human trafficking charges.

“Those deported are from Machinga, Mangochi and Balaka districts. Eight of them are women and one minor.,” says Mwanza immigration spokesperson Pasqually Zulu.

Cases of people using unchartered routes and having no proper documentation when travelling outside the country are on the rise in Malawi.

This is despite efforts by the department of immigration and citizenship services to stop the tendency.

Two days ago, officials in Malawi intercepted 54 Malawian nationals who were travelling to South Africa without any travelling document.

Four of them had passports which did not belong to them.

“They were caught during a joint sweeping exercise which was conducted by Police, Immigration and Malawi Revenue Authority officers,” says Zulu.

Source: Nyasa Times