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*Passport Backlog Now Stands At Close To 200 000* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?qb Cross border traders have been negatively affected by the government’s failure to issue passports on time especially the $53 one. The registrar general’s office has reportedly halted the issuing of emergency passports unless the case requires urgency. ---------- Latest itel S24 available on Pindula: 128GB storage, 4GB RAM $119 USD WhatsApp: +263715068543 Calls: 0772464000 Buy Online: https://www.pindula.co.zw/market/itel-s24-128gb-22-20240426142756795795/?s=wanews ---------- A cross-border trader identified as Majanyuke, who to spoke to the Daily News had this to say: > When your business is standing still and your children need to eat and go to school, you go through desperate measures. > The decision to stop issuing emergency passports or limiting them to few emergency cases is a deep cut to us cross-borders considering that the $53 passports are taking ages to be processed. Another cross-border trader told the Daily News that failure to access passports exposes women to dangers such as human trafficking. She said: > Due to failure in obtaining passports some women eventually attempt to cross the border illegally and pay bribes on the way, an option that is dangerous and open to abuse. > Traffickers use dangerous routes that might endanger the lives of the women exposing them to robberies and crossing dangerous or flooded rivers. > The passport office now has a backlog of nearly 200 000 applications while it is able to issue only 500 emergency passport a day. *Related:* *Passport Offices To Be Opened In Chitungwiza And Murehwa* *Registrar General’s Office Has 166 500 Passports Backlog Due To Forex Shortages* *More: Daily News* _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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