Dundo - At least 569 citizens from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were expelled due to illegally entering the country over the last weekend, police have said.
Angola’s Border Police (PGF) prevented the illegal immigrants through the north-eastern Lunda Norte province, thus avoiding their settling in diamond mining areas to further reach the capital, Luanda.
National Police said in a statement on Monday that the immigrants, including 104 children, were expelled from the border check points of Chissanda, Tchicolondo and Lóvua.
The illegal immigrants, the statement added, were trying to use routes without the supervision of the PGF agents and that the detention of the immigrants occurred thanks to a complaint made by citizens living along the border.
The police call on the population to continue to collaborate with the authorities, reporting, above all, those helping illegal immigrants to enter the country.
Lunda Norte province shares a 770-kilometer land border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
