Passports crisis haunts Diasporans

Thousands of Zimbabweans living in the Diaspora are stranded with some risking deportation or losing their jobs due to difficulties in renewing their passports with President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday ordering responsible authorities to find a quick solution to fix the crisis.

Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told a Press briefing last night that Cabinet was worried about the prolonged crisis which has affected citizens living in the country and those in the diaspora who were failing to obtain passports and other identity documents.

Mutsvangwa said due to the urgency of the crisis, Cabinet has directed that production of at least 3 000 passports a day commences within the next three to
four weeks amid indications that some in the diaspora were now at risk of losing their jobs.

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