Resident card for all foreigners living in Kinshasa the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be launched in the next few days
A resident card
for all foreigners living in the Congolese capital will be launched in the next
few days, provincial interior minister Didier Tenge announced on Wednesday
February 26, 2020. This initiative will restore order, identify and better
control the migratory flow in the city.
Tenge Litho, who
spoke to representatives of large communities living in Kinshasa, indicated
that the issuance of this card, which is clear from the attributions recognized
in the provinces, will be carried out with obligation to hand over immigrants
to declare themselves and have a secure stay.
Foreigners
reside irregularly in the city of Kinshasa, among which certain communities
exercise there activities in particular trade, come first West Africans in
particular the Malians, Senegalese, Nigerians, etc. There are also Chinese,
Indo-Pakistanis, Lebanese, Turkish, European.
Consequently,
the cards held so far are perfectly illegal since they have not been allocated
by Kinshasa city hall.
However, the
official launch of the card for foreign residents will only take place after a
transitional period during which the governor of the city of Kinshasa will
inform diplomatic representations in the DRC, through the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
Cassien Tribunal Aungane, Editor
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