{"id":61131,"date":"2024-07-20T16:50:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T16:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/house-probes-influx-of-illegal-immigrants"},"modified":"2024-07-20T17:29:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T17:29:16","slug":"house-probes-influx-of-illegal-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/house-probes-influx-of-illegal-immigrants","title":{"rendered":"House probes influx of illegal immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Maryland County District #2 Lawmaker Anthony F. Williams alarms the influx of illegal immigrants in southeast Liberia and other parts of the country<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b> <\/b>The House of Representatives has instructed its Internal Affairs, National Security, and Judiciary committees to probe allegations of illegal immigration into Liberia.<\/p>\n<p>During Thursday\u2019s regular session of the House of Representatives, Plenary took the decision following a communication from Rep. Anthony F. Williams of Maryland Country District # 2.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rep. Williams, he wants the Plenary to invite heads of the Liberia Refugee, Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC), the Ministry of Justice, the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS), the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the National Security Advisor to the President to provide strategic plans how to curbing influx of illegal immigrants especially (Burkinabes) in the county and the entire southeast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got greatly concerned while touring the southeastern region of Liberia, as co-chairman on the House\u2019s Committee on Refugee and Repatriation along with the chairperson when citizens within that region complained about the increasing wave of illegal immigrants (Burkinabes).\u201d Rep. Brown states in his letter.<\/p>\n<p>He said such a situation has the propensity to derail the country\u2019s peace, stressing that illegal entry challenges border security, making it difficult to monitor and regulate movements.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Williams also noted that inadequate border control can lead to vulnerabilities, such as smuggling of contraband (drugs, weapons, etc.) and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonorable Speaker and esteemed colleagues, the presence of Burkinabes in our country has been a pressing issue for the past years, thus posing security threats. We have to take this matter seriously because it is similar to the beginning of the crisis in Mali today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citizens are accusing illegal immigrants of encroaching on farmland and settling in forest areas along the Ivorian-Liberian border, according to the lawmaker\u2019s communication.<\/p>\n<p>Following reading the letter and floor debate on the subject, the Plenary forwarded the matter to its Committees on Internal Affairs, Judiciary, and National Security to investigate and report within two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Liberia Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. Maryland County District #2 Lawmaker Anthony F. Williams alarms the influx of illegal immigrants in southeast Liberia and other parts of the country. The House of Representatives has instructed its Internal Affairs, National Security, and Judiciary committees to probe allegations of illegal immigration into Liberia. During Thursday\u2019s regular session of the House [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":61130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-61131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-liberia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>House probes influx of illegal immigrants - Liberia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maryland County District #2 Lawmaker Anthony F. 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