Africa-Press – Angola. The continuous training and training of the staff of the Migration and Foreigners Service (SME) was, this Wednesday, pointed out, in Mbanza Kongo, Zaire, as a “key” for the provision of a public service of excellence by this body of the Ministry of the Interior.
According to the interim provincial director of the SME, chief migration superintendent Domingos Simão, the permanent training of the staff will make it possible to respond to the challenges of the new work technologies made available to the staff.
He underlined that, in the practice of border offences, the perpetrators use new and modern information technologies to deceive the competent authorities, which is why it is considered important that the staff of the SME master these tools to counteract such intentions.
The migration official, who was speaking at the provincial act commemorating the 47th anniversary of the SME, which is celebrated yesterday, listed some crimes related to illegal immigration, such as trafficking in human beings, fuel smuggling, tax evasion, among others.
He appealed, therefore, for the fight against illegal immigration to be redoubled and deserve the special attention of his body in the region, despite recognizing the complex and extensive border that Zaire shares with the DRC.
He also urged the population to denounce offenders, highlighting the danger that this phenomenon represents for national security.
In turn, the provincial director of the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC), sub-commissioner for criminal investigation Armando Domingos Capapa, suggested carrying out continuous micro-operations aimed at identifying, questioning and consequent repatriation of illegal immigrants.
He who represented the provincial delegate of the Ministry of the Interior, Commissioner Firmino Uyamba, asked the members of the SME to refrain from indecent practices and to strengthen institutional cooperation ties with the various bodies of MININT for the success of its mission.
From January to December 2022, the SME in Zaire questioned and detained 2,869 citizens of different nationalities, for illegally entering and staying in the national territory, 69 less compared to the same period in 2021.
Three thousand and 595 citizens of the DRC were expelled, of which 44 by administrative decision and three thousand and 551 by court order.
In the same period, 41 national citizens were detained for allegedly promoting and aiding illegal immigration in the region.
The province of Zaire shares a border of 310 kilometers with the DRC, 190 of which are river borders.
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