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Kagera's regional immigration officer, Abdallah Towo, claims that the alleged immigrants violated the country's immigration law in 2016.
He stated that illegal immigrants were arrested at various locations between January and 30 June. this year through the Kagera region, which is neighboring Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi and which extends across the lake from Kenya.
According to Towo, most of them are from neighboring Burundi
"We arrested 994 Burundians, 223 Ugandans, 193 Rwandans, 39 Congolese, 19 Ethiopians and two from Kenya."
stated that the number of people arrested had decreased this year compared to last year when they arrested about 1,958.
"The decline is the result of a number of who are in place to thwart the illegal entry of foreigners into the region, countries of neighboring countries, "he said.
The official said that 59 foreigners who were arrested were brought to justice
Towo called on Tanzanians to illegally expose anyone suspected of living in the country.
Last year, Tanzania received 14,666 refugees due to political turmoil in Burundi, East African countries torn apart by war.
In addition, 5,787 refugees returned to their home country from the Mtendeli, Nduta and Nyarugusu refugee camps in the region. of Kigoma in Tanzania 19659002] When enrolled The official said that 491,513 people were registered on the 1.2 million targeted people in the region.
"More people are participating in the registration exercise, which began on June 8, this year in the Kagera region," he said, adding that the identity card National was one of the criteria for obtaining an electronic passport. 19659002]
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