The country has 500 illegal emigrants. Of this number, 200 have already been repatriated in the first five months of this year, in Tete. Among those repatriated are Malawians, Bengalis, Ethiopians, and Nigerians. 

The information was advanced during the opening of the consultation meeting for the prevention and combat of corruption in the migratory service in Tete, which took place as part of the meetings that the Office for the Combating of Corruption has held this year with various public and private entities.

According to the director of the Office for Combating Corruption (GPCC), Atija Cássimo, illegal immigration is favored, to a large extent, by acts of corruption.

"The favors have to do with the fact that the migration movement of recent times is not only linked to the search for better living conditions, but also to organized crime networks and illicit businesses," she said quoted by the national press.

He added that for this reason, it is pertinent that the interior ministry, the tax authority and the GPCC work together to eliminate corruption, which, according to Cassimo, will discourage the use of Tete as a preferred corridor for illegal immigrants.