The Department of Immigration in Ndola has effected the deportation of a 45-year-old Congolese Businessman, Freddy Chansa, for abrogating immigration laws by repeatedly returning to Zambia unlawfully.
Department of Immigration Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka says he was deported on 19th June, 2024, via Kasumbalesa Border Control, under a warrant signed by the Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security.
Mr. Nshinka said that the Serial offender first came to the Department’s attention on 3rd October, 2016, when he was referred to immigration headquarters by the department of National Registration Passport and Citizenship, after that office rejected his application for late registration as a Zambian citizen when he failed to prove his claim to Zambian citizenship.
“After concluding investigations into his claim to Zambian Citizenship, the department established that he was born and raised in Congo and that his parents were also born in Congo,” said Mr. Nshinka in a statement issued to RCV News in Lusaka today.
Mr. Nshinka said that he was removed from the country for the first time on 28th April, 2017 via Kasumbalesa Border Control.
He said that Chansa unlawfully returned to Zambia on unknown dates and while in the Country, fraudulently acquired a Green National Registration Card, a Zambian passport and a Voter’s Registration Card before being arrested and prosecuted for giving false information to a Public Officer when obtaining the NRC.
Mr. Nshinka said that he was removed for the third time on 27th May, 2024, through Sakania Border Control after presenting himself at the Ndola Regional Immigration Office on 14th May, 2024, demanding to be cleared as a Zambia, until he was finally deported.
Meanwhile, the Department of Immigration between 18 th and 20th June 2024 apprehended 77 persons of different nationalities for various immigration offenses countrywide, secured 36 convictions, removed 31 illegal immigrants from the country and refused six foreign national entry for failing to meet entry requirements.
By Angel Kasabo
