In an effort to decongest the country’s prisons, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services in central region will from next week start repatriating migrants who have served their custodial sentences. Inspector Zulu told Malawi24 that the Central Regional Immigration Office has been engaged on several times to intervene on the situation at Maula Prison Facility which currently has over 3000 inmates. He further said hosting and repatriating of such huge number of migrants in the country’s prisons drain a lot of resources which could have assisted in other national development initiatives. Zulu continued to say that despite having few resources to undertake this challenge ahead, Immigration management opted for inter-state consultations mechanism on migration and also engagement of other international partners. “Into this regard, Immigration department is warning all perpetrators involved in this syndicate of aiding and abetting immigrants in strongest possible terms, that once caught in the malpractice, the long arm of the law will take its course,” warned Zulu.

Source: Ethiopian News May 25, 2022 15:31 UTC