Tanzania orders 30 to leave the country

total of 34 out of 89 aliens arrested in Shinyanga and Kagera regions have been deported to their respective countries, it has been learnt.

The Immigration department in Shinyanga Region disclosed this during a function to bid farewell to 2009 and usher in 2010. It said the aliens were from Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya and Zimbabwe.

In a report, it said illegal migrants were a chronic problem in Shinyanga Region because of the interaction of ethnic clans residing along the highway to Rwanda and Burundi.

The report issued by the head of the Immigration department in the region, Mr Seleman Kameya, said 34 other aliens were imprisoned and 21 released after being found to be bonafide Tanzanians.

Mr Kameya said the department realised Sh100 million and $170,000 in revenue last calendar year when 275 passports were issued.

However, it faced a number of challenges along the Tanzania border with Rwanda and Burundi, an immigration officer from Ngara District in Kagera Region, Mr Antipas Nogera, said.

He said a very small difference existed between Tanzanians and foreigners living along the border because of the interaction among members of ethnic clans from Tanzania and neighbouring countries.

The Shinyanga regional commissioner, Dr Yohannes Balele, said in a speech that some of the aliens who were breaching peace in the region were arrested by the department. His speech was read on his behalf by the Bukombe district commissioner, Mr Florence Holombe.

Source:/thecitizen.co.tz/