Following an extensive check-in process, travellers proceeded through BMA immigration control, where officials found that about 90% were undocumented.
The Commissioner of the Border Management Authority, Dr Michael Masiapato, confirmed that officials processed 300 Ghanaian nationals for departure to Ghana at OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday morning.
Of the group, 25 individuals were transferred from the Lindela holding facility by the Department of Home Affairs’ Immigration Inspectorate, while the remaining 275 were brought to the airport by the Ghanaian High Commission.
Following an extensive check-in process, travellers proceeded through BMA immigration control, where officials found that about 90% were undocumented.
The Ghanaian Embassy subsequently issued Emergency Travel Certificates to those without valid travel documents. The certificates are single-page, one-way travel documents permitting return to their country of origin.
