APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) More than 21,300 undocumented immigrants are living in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Citizenship and Immigration Services has disclosed.
Director General of Ethiopian Citizenship and Immigration Services, Selamawit Dawit, said activities are underway to register all undocumented immigrants in the country and advised to come to the office and get registered as per the ultimatum that expires in a month.
Dawit said that there are tens of thousands of foreign nationals who have been engaged in unauthorized work in the country after majority of them illegally entered into the country without renewing their licenses and fulfilling the legal registration process.
She stated that registration and renewal services were not accessible due to a malfunction but, hereafter, all undocumented foreign nationals who are operating in the country should come and register within the next one month.
Those with fake temporary and permanent residence permits, passports, visas and those with different illegal documents and with IDs of native Ethiopians must enter the legal line between January 10th and February 9th of 2024, Dawit said.
The Director General said that the Immigration Services would take the necessary legal steps after February 9, 2024 on those who fail to get registered.
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