THE Department of Immigration has removed 242 illegal immigrants from Zambia following a mass removal operation. In a statement, Tuesday, Immigration Chief Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka said of the 242, 217 were Burundian nationals, 15 Tanzanian nationals, among others. “The Department of Immigration has removed a total of 242 illegal immigrants from the country following a mass removal operation conducted on Sunday, 8th February, 2026. Those removed comprised of 217 Burundian nationals, 15 Tanzanian nationals, eight Rwandan nationals and two Congolese nationals. The group included foreign nationals who had either paid court-imposed fines or served prison sentences for various immigration-related offences. Others were among the 165 suspected illegal immigrants apprehended during a clean-up operation conducted on Thursday, 29th January,...