More than 35 000 migrants processed at Beitbridge Border Post, reveals BMA

Hundreds of Zimbabwean immigrants boarded buses in Epping to be transported to the Beitbridge border post.

MORE than 35 000 foreign nationals have left South Africa through the Beitbridge Border Post in Limpopo.

The acting commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA), Major General David Chilembe, provided an update on South Africa’s repatriation programme on Thursday.

Chilembe was focusing on the Beitbridge Port of Entry in Musina, where most repatriation activities are now taking place following the closure of the Durban Repatriation Centre.

“We are today here at Beitbridge, which is a border between South Africa and Zimbabwe, where we are busy with three processes: deportation processes, voluntary repatriation, and the normal facilitation of movement of people and goods,” he said.