Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber inspects the temporary repatriation facility in Musina on Wednesday, saying the site will improve processing while ensuring orderly operations and protecting people's dignity.
Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber says government has repatriated more than 30,000 undocumented foreign nationals from eThekwini alone as part of what he described as an unprecedented repatriation operation, with tens of thousands of people already returned through a centralised government process.
Speaking on the sidelines of his visit to the Beitbridge Border Post in Limpopo on Wednesday, Schreiber said 525 buses had so far been processed by government during the operation.
"In terms of the repatriation process overall, there were over 30,000 individuals out of eThekwini alone that we've repatriated.
''The latest number of buses from the government side that we've processed is 525 buses, so indeed we're looking at tens of thousands of individuals that's already been successfully repatriated," he said.
