Guinea-Bissau police nabs 32 illegal immigrants
Posted by African Press International on August 20, 2007
Bissau (Guinea-Bissau) Guinea-Bissau security forces arrested 32 immigrants from various countries in West Africa as they were getting ready to enter the Canary Islands illegally, APA learnt from police sources in Bissau.
The immigrants, who were nabbed on Sunday in Valera, 132 km from the capital Bissau, included 24 Ghanaians, four Nigerians, one Gambian, and one Ivorian.
On Friday, police questioned the illegal immigrants who first spent a few days in Bissau where before heading for Valera in small groups, the sources said.
According to the police, the move was intended to hoodwink the security forces as they had already contacted ferrymen before reaching Bissau.
\”We have learnt that many other illegal immigrants are currently staying in Bissau and they are just waiting for the right moment to embark for Spain,\” the police said.
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