Musina Repatriation Centre Overwhelmed by Undocumented Migrants

Musina Repatriation Centre overwhelmed by undocumented migrants

LIMPOPO – The Musina Repatriation Centre in Limpopo continues to experience a steady influx of undocumented migrants, with long queues forming daily as officials work to verify, profile and process new arrivals. The surge in arrivals comes amid ongoing immigration enforcement operations and growing anti-immigrant sentiment in parts of South Africa, which have prompted many undocumented foreign nationals to voluntarily return home or report to au…

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Home Affairs manager in Limpopo, Albert Matsaung, says the Musina repatriation center outside the Beitbridge Border Post will remain operational as undocumented migrants are still trickling in at the facility. Matsaung says they’re expecting migrants from Thohoyandou, Makhado and other parts of the country. The repatriation center processed and repatriated about2 500 migrants on Friday alone. They’re mostly Malawians and Zimbabweans. “We have go…