Malanje - At least one hundred and three foreign nationals sought refuge in northern Malanje province and 138 others sought asylum, said the provincial director of the Migration and Foreigners Service (SME), Laureano Dias dos Santos.
The total of 241 citizens from different countries namely Mauritania, Sudan, Guinea Conakry, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Cotê d'Ivoire, Chad, Somalia and Liberia.
According to Laureano Dias dos Santos, these citizens are under control of SME in the municipalities of Malanje, Cacuso, Calandula, Quirima, Mucari and Luquembo.
He also said that through 2017, SME arrested 20 foreigners who presented fake identification papers.
Angola is celebrating, June 20 the World Refugee Day, being marked in a crisis situation period with 50,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) due to fighting between government forces and opposition groups.
This year the event has as its motto: "Real People, Real Needs".