Ondjiva - Officials from the Ministry of Interior (MININT) in Cunene province are taking part as of Tuesday in Ondjiva in a training session on humanitarian border management to strengthen security and fight illegal immigration.
The two-day training session is aimed at specialists of the Migration and Foreigners Services (SME) and Border Guard Police, promoted by the Ministry of Interior in partnership with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
The event is addressing issues related to the concept of humanitarian border management, the difference between interview and interrogation, identifying possible cases of human trafficking, smuggling and types of migrants.
At the opening session, the SME Cunene provincial director, migration sub-commissioner Silvestre Cassinda, said that the subjects being taught are indispensable for the definition of operationalization strategy and sustaining of migration planning processes.
