Cabinda: Three hundred and 81 foreign citizens have been repatriated in recent days by the Foreign Migration Service (SME) in Angolan Cabinda province for illegal stay in the national territory.

According to Angola Press News Agency, a press release from the SME revealed that these individuals include 177 citizens from the Democratic Republic of Congo and four from Congo. They were returned to their countries of origin from the border posts of Yema and Massabi as part of the actions to combat illegal immigration in the region.

The authorities have committed to continuing inspection and control operations throughout the province to reduce the rate of illegal immigration in Cabinda.

Cabinda, with an estimated population of more than 800,000 inhabitants, shares a vast land, sea, and river border with the two neighboring countries.