Immigration offices to be opened in all the 10 states Wednesday, 11 January 2012 19:45 South Sudan >>> .The Deputy Minister of Interior Salva Mathok has announced plans for immigration offices to be opened in all the 10 states to enable residents across the country to obtain national identity cards and passports.
Most citizens have been arguing that decentralizing the administrative process to obtain the national documents will lessen the burden on the central government in Juba and weed out foreigners seeking such documents since the states know their people better. Speaking to Radio Miraya on Wednesday, Mathok said spreading the immigration offices across the 10 states would enable people to acquire their doucments faster. The minister also said his ministry is strengthening measures to regulate the entrance of foreigners into the country, saying illegal entrance of foreigners in the country had increased crime rate in the new nation. Mathok said the interior ministry is nonetheless continuing its humanitarian support of refugees and establishing a camp to accommodate the Darfuri refugees in the country. "If you are a foreigner, we are going to tell you to go to the refugee camp that we are going to establish. If you are a political migrant or whatever, we will consider you on those lines," said Mathok. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
