Month: May 2022 Posts

613 Immigrants netted in 4 months

May 21, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The country's Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services says from January to April this year, it has managed to apprehend a total of 613 immigrants for contravening various immigration laws. Confirming the development to Malawi24… ...

Former Homeland Security Minister Chazama arrested

May 05, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested former Minister of Homeland Security, Cecilia Chazama, over recruitment of 127 immigration assistants who did not qualify for the role. ACB Principal Public Relations Officer, Egrita Ndala has said… ...

Immigration officer, MDF soldier arrested for aiding Ethiopians to enter Malawi

May 04, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 1 &

Police in Karonga District are keeping in custody a Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier and an Immigration Department officer for aiding Ethiopians to enter Malawi. Norther Region Police spokesperson Maurice Chapola identified the MDF soldier… ...

Malawian man accuses Malawi Immigration of discrimination

Apr 23, 2022 Martha Chikoti 1 &

A Malawian man says Immigration officers stopped him at a roadblock on his way to Blantyre and demanded to see his passport as they assumed that he is a foreigner because he is light skinned.… ...

Immigration arrests 140 immigrants, two Malawians in Mzimba

Apr 22, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Department of Immigration in the Northern Region and the Malawi Police Service have arrested 133 Ethiopians, 6 Bangladeshi nationals and one Pakistani national for entering Malawi illegally. The law enforcers have also arrested two… ...

Malawi Immigration clears passport backlog

Apr 21, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has announced that it has cleared the passport backlog and that it is now accepting express passport applications only. This is according to the department's national spokesperson Wellington… ...

Two Zimbabweans deported from Malawi after being found with cocaine

Apr 04, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Central Region Immigration office has cancelled two Zimbabwean nationals' residence status after the two were found with cocaine. According to spokesperson for the central region immigration office, Inspector Pasqually Zulu, late last week, the… ...