In the first six months of the year, the Migration Service in Sofala repatriated 30 illegal foreigners through Beira International Airport. According to "Notícias", another 241 of various nationalities were sent to Tete for illegal immigration. It also refused entry to the national territory to eight foreigners of various nationalities for not...
The national authorities arrested 285 citizens, including nationals and foreigners, last week in the province of Tete, when they were trying to cross border crossings into countries in the region. The detainees were 127 Mozambicans, 90 Malawians, 37 Zambians and 31 Zambians, all of whom did not have travel documents. However, compared to the same period in...
A group of seven agents from Mozambique's migration services, assigned to Manica province, were arrested and taken hostage in a gold mine in Zimbabwe, after allegedly trying to extort the Chinese operator. According to witnesses quoted by Voice of America (VOA) on Monday (17), the incident took place last Thursday (13),...
Seven agents from the provincial Migration Service in Manica province have been arrested in Zimbabwe for attempting to extort mining operators. They were released through diplomatic negotiations. The Mozambican agents went to Zimbabwe in a Mahindra police vehicle, license plate AMO-041-MC. They entered the country via the Penhalonga region, in...
Migration authorities in Maputo estimate that around 20,000 people will cross the four borders of Maputo province, with the largest number likely to go through the Ressano Garcia border crossing to South Africa. The Mozambican authorities have deployed police brigades at a number of strategic points, including the Km 4 post...
The South African government has published a white paper outlining the authorities' proposals to revise and simplify South Africa's citizenship, immigration and refugee protection laws, eliminating what they consider "a relic of the colonial era", the country's Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi revealed at a press conference. "The Law of...
Moza Banco recently completed the process of migrating all its credit and debit cards to the new computer system operator - Euronet. This is a significant milestone that reflects a strategic advance towards excellence in the delivery of banking products and services, at a time when around 70% of...
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) referred to the Judicial Court of Sofala the process of legalization of the arrest of five State officials assigned to the Migration sector, who are accused of facilitating the entry of Somalis and Kenyans suspected of recruiting people to join terrorist groups operating in northern Cabo Delgado. These are...
Five employees of the Migration Services were arrested on suspicion of facilitating the entry of foreigners seeking to recruit members for the drug trafficking that finances terrorists in Mozambique, the Mozambican police announced today. The officials were arrested as a result of an arrest warrant issued by the Judicial Court of Sofala Province, as part of...
Climate change could drive more than 200 million people from their homes over the next three decades, creating pockets of migration unless urgent action is taken, according to a World Bank report