Over 35,000 people processed through repatriation operations at South Africa

More than 35,000 individuals have been processed through voluntary repatriation and deportation operations at South Africa's Beitbridge Border Post in Limpopo Province since the government intensified migration enforcement measures in early June, authorities said on Thursday.



Speaking during a media briefing at the border post, Acting Commissioner of the Border Management Authority David Chilembe said: "Since we started here on the seventh, when the president announced the measures that we have to put in place with regard to migration issues, we have dealt with more than 35,000 people that we have repatriated and deported through this border post."



The majority of those processed were Zimbabwean and Malawian nationals, Chilembe said, adding that on Wednesday alone, authorities handled about 2,400 people, including around 1,700 Malawians and 700 Zimbabweans.