People wait in extended queues at the Old Drive-In hub in Durban as batches are processed and directed to buses under close police watch.
Long queues formed at the Old Drive-In site in Durban on Monday as a large-scale repatriation operation involving more than 19,000 foreign nationals continued under tight police monitoring ahead of planned nationwide demonstrations on June 30.
The Old Drive-In site has been converted into a central coordination point for the voluntary return operation, which is mainly processing Malawian nationals. Movement through the hub continued in batches as people were cleared and directed to transport.
People moved through organised queues as they awaited processing before being directed to buses stationed at the facility, with the operation continuing throughout the day under steady monitoring.
Police were also seen inspecting buses at the site as part of ongoing monitoring linked to the movement of people through the facility.
