Gov’t seizes 36K irregular docs from foreigners

Senior officials of the Ministry of Interior revoked more than 36,000 invalid documents from foreigners in the first five months of this year, a ministry report issued on Tuesday said.

The report – issued during a meeting summarising the revocation of irregular documents from foreigners this year said they were confiscated from nearly 20,000 immigrant families – totalling nearly 70,000 foreigners – representing six nationalities.

Among those, Vietnamese nationals were the largest offenders.

The foreigners in question held jobs in construction, business and other sectors, with confiscated documents including identification cards, birth certificates, Cambodian family books, among others.

The meeting was led by the ministry’s Secretary of State and Managing Immigration Committee President Sok Phal, Immigration Department director Kirth Chantharith, and other senior ministry officials.

 

Officials also estimated that more than 50,000 foreigners were living in the Kingdom illegally.

During the meeting, Phal said the government had revoked 90 per cent of irregular documents from foreigners and set a deadline of July 30 to revoke the remaining 10 per cent.http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-seizes-36k-irregular-docs-foreigners