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Operation stops 40 buses with 443 trafficked children at Beitbridge Border Post.
Over forty buses carrying children who are allegedly trafficked were stopped as they entered South Africa through the Beitbridge Border Post by the Border Management Authority (BMA), Home Affairs, and the South African Police Service as part of a coordinated sting operation.
Dr. Michael Masiapato, the BMA Commissioner, made this revelation on Sunday at a press conference. Additionally, Masiapato disclosed a few of the BMA’s accomplishments in guarding the nation’s borders.
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Among them is the apprehension of over 44,000 persons who were seeking to enter South Africa without authorization.
“They were able to stop and search about 42 buses trying to enter the republic and out of that we found about 443 children under the age of eight that were in those buses without any parent or any guardian. Fairly, they were being trafficked into South Africa.
“We were able to take them out of those buses. We were then able to engage with the Zimbabwean officials and we handed them back to Zimbabwe for processing back into the country,”
“We got them arrested. We got them fingerprinted, we declared them undesirable, and we got them deported on the spot. Further, about 100 452 individuals overstayed in the country. We got the hit from our movement control system when they arrived at the ports. We then declared them undesirable, and we banned them from entering South Africa for the next five years.
“About 98 150 individuals were refused entry into the country for various reasons. Some of them were criminal elements who are listed on the Interpol list for having committed different types of crimes in other jurisdictions in the world,”
Dr. Michael Masiapato, the BMA Commissioner
Last night (02 Dec 2023), a sting operation by the @TheBMA_SA Guards, @HomeAffairsSA & @SAPoliceService
— Clayson Monyela (@ClaysonMonyela) December 3, 2023
stopped & searched 42 buses at the Beit Bridge border post & found 443 children under the age of 8 travelling without parents/guardians & possibly being trafficked into South… pic.twitter.com/rCWK53HWVD
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