Barely two days after deporting 242 illegal immigrants, the Department of Immigration in Zambia has again intercepted 175 illegal immigrants. 

The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS), Lucia Iipumbu, has urged employees across the Ministry to strengthen service delivery and put citizens at the centre of their work.

Immigrants who have overstayed their visa terms in Namibia are being given a final chance to leave the country.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS) has now extended the amnesty deadline to 20 January 2026.

Twenty-six African countries are affected by a U.S. State Department announcement made on Wednesday, pausing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries, effective January 21.

The Department of Immigration in Zambia has deported 48 Ethiopian nationals, while 19 have been convicted.

Among those deported are 39 Ethiopian nationals who were apprehended on 23rd November last year in Kapiri Mposhi District after being discovered concealed in a fuel tanker. 

Zambia's Department of Immigration apprehended 25 suspected illegal immigrants in two separate operations last week.

On Friday 14 Ethiopian nationals were apprehended in a suspected smuggling case at a village, while one individual remains unaccounted for.

Zambia has launched the Integrated Migration Management Information System and the five-year National Migration Data Strategy, aimed at curbing illegal immigration.

The launch is considered a transformative milestone in modernising Zambia's migration governance.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has launched an amnesty for all foreign nationals who have overstayed their immigration permits/visas.

They are now expected to present themselves to immigration authorities to exit the country without any prosecution.

To help law enforcement combat crime more efficiently in the |Khomas Region, the regional council donated three prefabricated administration offices to Klein Windhoek Police Station, valued at N$400,000. 

The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Lucia Iipumbu, has said that, despite budgetary constraints, the ministry is ensuring that every police station has at least one generator.