Mongezi Koko14 April 2024 | 12:46
4,000 people nabbed for trying to enter SA illegally over Easter period: BMA
About 4,000 people were arrested at South Africa's borders amid a crackdown by the Border Management Authority over Easter.
Border Management Authority (BMA) officials make an arrest. Picture: @TheBMA_SA/X
JOHANNESBURG - The Border Management Authority says it arrested nearly 4,000 people trying to enter the country illegally over this year's Easter period.
The numbers were released by Commissioner Michael Masiapato and other border law enforcement officials at at a briefing in Tshwane today.
Masiapato said the majority of those who were caught have been declared undesirable to enter South Africa for the next five years.
"Out of this number of intercepted individuals, about 2,403 did not have any documents at all. About 1,019 were refused entry for being undesirable and about 419 were found inadmissible to enter the country due to various reasons."