Increase border crossing a concern in Solomons

The people fear this might lead to allowing terrorists to enter Solomon Islands illegally or drug smuggling.

This concern was sounded to Solomon Islands National Parliament Foreign Relations Committee in Gizo, Western province last week

Border representatives appearing before the committee said foreigners illegally entered Solomon Islands through Bougainville.

Alisae Laore told the committee that recent past crossing happened because Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea did not have borderline check points where Immigration, Customs and Quarantine officials manned the posts.

He said previously Solomon Islands and PNG accepted cross-border entries but people from other countries who came with yachts abused this privilege.

Laore calls on the Foreign Relations Committee to address this issue.

 

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