Migration extends services by two hours until Jan 5

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Migration extends services by two hours until Jan 5

9:50 CAT | 28 Dec 2018

O País

The National Migration Service has registered an unusual number of domestic and foreign users seeking various services.

Due to the flow of people, the institution said from this Friday until Saturday of next week, SENAMI will operate until 17:30 hours.

“During the visit to the National Migration Service by the Minister of the Interior, on 27 December, the opening hours of the Public Sector of the Provincial Directorate of Migration of Maputo City were extended, starting from 07h30 to 17h30 from 28/12/2018 to 05/01/2019. The measure aims to respond to the high flow of citizens who travel for these services to request travel documents,” says Celestino Matsinhe, a spokesman for SENAMI.

He also reported on the migratory movement of the last days, whose peak was recorded on December 22.

“From December 13-26 of the current year, 377,696 (people) crossed the National Crossing Stations, 230,173 of which were entered and 147,523 departed, compared to 367,809 in the same period last year, representing an increase of two per cent. Of the total number of entrants, 134,362 are national citizens and 95,811 are foreign nationals; of the exits, 78,776 are nationals and 68,747 are foreign. It should be noted that the Provinces of Maputo, Tete, Manica and Maputo City are the ones with the highest migratory flow,” Matsinhe said.

The crossing points of Ressano Garcia, Cuchamano, Machipanda and Ponta D’Ouro registered the greatest migratory movement during the period under analysis.

The peak of the migratory movement was recorded on December 22, 2018, with the passage through the Transit Posts of 46,444, of which 28,175 were nationals and 18,269 foreigners.

On this date, the largest migratory movement was registered at the Ressano Garcia Crossing Post, with 28,080 travelers recorded, 23,780 of which were entered and 3,700 outbound.

For this festive season, the National Migration Service projected to handle more than 800,000 travelers from various nationalities, compared to about 700,000 recorded the same period last year.

Source: O País