Immigration
police on Wednesday, March 15th, arrested 26 Nigerians in Chom Chao, near Phnom
Penh's Por Senchey district for living and working in Cambodia without
valid
visas and/ or passports.
Major General
Ouk Heisela, director of inspection at the Interior Ministry’s General
Department of Immigration, said the group was taken for questioning after their
arrest.
Officers found
only 10 had passports, while 16 had no travel documents at all. The 10 with
passports but no work permits will be fined and released. The rest will be
deported back to Nigeria"
"Some came here to play or coach soccer
and some have no proper job,” the director told Khmer Times.
“Some crossed
the border to live in Cambodia illegally."
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