Over 900 Mozambicans leave South Africa in massive border operation

JOHANNESBURG, June 4– South Africa’s Border Management Authority (BMA) confirmed on Thursday that it successfully processed the departure of 933 Mozambican nationals back to their home country on Wednesday. According to BMA Commissioner Michael Masiapato, 349 of the processed individuals were repatriated from the Lindela Holding Facility, which houses foreign nationals arrested for violating South Africa’s Immigration Act. The remaining 584 Mozambican nationals were transported from Mossel Bay under emergency evacuation arrangements made by the Mozambican High Commission following recent local unrest.