The NIS Public Relations Officer, Mr Joachim Olumba, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the organisation refused the foreigners visas following a Federal Government order on closure of the borders.
President Goodluck Jonathan had ordered the closure of some of the country’s borders on Jan. 1, in his New Year national broadcast.
Olumba said 5,603 illegal immigrants were also repatriated from the country during the period under review.
He said discussions were on between the immigration service and other relevant agencies to remove settlement areas around the country’s borders.
``The aim is to build new communities for settlement so as to give the people a sense of belonging as their relocation is important to resolving the current security challenges in the country,’’ Olumba said.
He stressed the need to resettle and empower border settlers to discourage their involvement in illegal activities in the area.
Olumba said a situation where people live along the borderlines was further frustrating the efforts of the service to control illegal movement of people and contrabands in the border.
He said the service was also exploring a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to tackle challenges in the management of the country’s borders.
``The arrangement will entail the construction of border plazas with high technology migration facilities, offices and barracks for security operatives,’’ he noted.
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It seems some people are not doing their job as they should. I was expecting a much higher figure becuase there are too many foreign street urchin like social misfits of all shades, colours and languages now dotting our land. I have even been on flights (both in and out bound)with some of them - I recollect one gin-soaked oyinbo on a flight out of MM1 who would not let us have peace on the flight. It is time we get our immigration people to be up to it.
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