(VOVWORLD) - The Minister of Public Security has ordered a national examination campaign to discover illegal immigrants in Vietnam, the Ministry of Public Security’s Spokesperson To An Xo said at the Government’s regular press conference on Wednesday.
 Ministry of Public Security’s Spokesperson To An Xo (Photo: VNA) |
He said that motels, hotels and accommodation facilities across the country will be examined, while the border guards will increase border patrols, and the police will seek illegal immigrants and launch legal proceedings against them and brokers of illegal immigration.
Illegal immigrants who are negative to COVID-19 will be returned to the places they departed, while accommodation facilities violating relevant regulations will have their licenses revoked and receive administrative fines and even criminal punishments, he said.
According to the officer, since the beginning of the year, about 150,000 people have entered Vietnam, including 110,000 through land border gates, and 40,000 through flights.
39 localities have reported nearly 200 cases with more than 1,300 people entering Vietnam illegally. The Ministry of Public Security prosecuted 49 cases involving 141 people.