Cabinda – The Consul General of Angola for the departments (provinces) of Ponta-Negra and Kouilou, in the Republic of Congo, Samuel Andrade da Cunha, defended the resumption of the meetings of the mixed commission on Defense and Security between the two countries, halted for some time.
In the departments of Ponta-Negra and Kouilou there are many Angolans who no longer enjoy the refugee regime for several years, a fact that has worried the Consulate, because they register constraints in their mobility, despite considering the excellent relations between the authorities of the two countries.
In an interview to ANGOP in the city of Ponta-Negra, Samuel Cunha said that there are several issues that should be discussed in this forum (Joint Commission), since the majority of Angolans are not in a legal migratory situation, because they don’t have residence visas or other documents that allow them to reside in this territory.
He also highlighted the fact that several fishermen are detained and put on trial, with some frequency, for entering Congolese territory to carry out this practice without authorization, while others have had better luck and are just repatriated.
Source: Angola Press News Agency