The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has revealed that 19, 000 illegal immigrants have been arrested and repatriated by the Federal Government to rid the nation of expatriates suspected to be fueling insurgency in parts of the country.
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Moro told newsmen that: "19,000 illegal immigrants have been sent out of the country and that surveillance equipment would be installed at the nation's borders, in collaboration with the United States of America.
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According to the minister, "extra-ordinary problems require extra-ordinary solutions and we will do what is necessary to address the current challenges".
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Explaining the cost implications of installing the surveillance equipment at the borders, Moro revealed that the earlier quotations by two foreign firms with the expertise to undertake the project, ZTE and Hawaei conglomerates, were in the region of about $2. 6 billion (about N405 billion).
Illegal immigrants are everywhere around the world. A lasting solution has to pop up a.s.a.p before the population increases.