About 90% of 300 Ghanaians who voluntarily returned home from South Africa were found to be undocumented, with five passengers barred from departure over invalid travel and asylum documents.
The Border Management Authority (BMA) says about 90% of the 295 Ghanaians processed for voluntary repatriation from South Africa were undocumented, while five travellers were denied boarding due to immigration and documentation issues.
According to the BMA, some of the travellers had invalid asylum documents, others had expired travel papers, while one woman attempted to travel with her sister’s children without the required documentation.
The first group departed from OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday after accepting the Ghanaian government’s voluntary repatriation offer.
The repatriation programme comes amid growing anti-illegal immigration protests across parts of South Africa.
