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Zambia nabs 55 foreigners for illegal stays

Xinhua, March 28, 2017 Adjust font size:

Authorities in Zambia on Tuesday said they had arrested 55 foreign nationals for staying illegally in the country.

The foreign nationals were arrested after operations conducted in two suburbs of Lusaka, the country's capital, the Immigration Department said in a statement.

The arrested included 51 female Zimbabweans, two female Malawians, one female from Botswana and one male from South Africa, said the statement.

The foreigners were arrested from two separate lodges in the two suburbs, it added.

According to the statement, half of those arrested were undocumented while the rest had overstayed in the country. Endit