{"id":38304,"date":"2026-06-29T12:53:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38304"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:53:03","slug":"bma-boosts-deployment-at-beitbridge-as-repatriations-surge","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/bma-boosts-deployment-at-beitbridge-as-repatriations-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"BMA boosts deployment at Beitbridge as repatriations surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Border Management Authority (BMA) in South Africa (SA) has increased its deployment at the Beitbridge border crossing following last week\u2019s announcement of a temporary repatriation processing centre in Musina, Limpopo province.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The move comes as several countries, including Zimbabwe, continue to repatriate their citizens amid growing tensions over illegal immigration in SA.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Various organisations are expected to protest on Wednesday to raise awareness around the issue of undocumented foreign nationals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>BMA Spokesperson Mmemme Mogotsi said the number of people exiting the country at Beitbridge had increased significantly compared to the same period last year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAs we are comparing with this time last year, we are seeing an increase in terms of movements. Just in one day at Beitbridge on June 27, we were able to process like three thousand repatriations that were done in just one day. So it\u2019s quite a lot. We are now not calculating the normal movements of other travellers who are just going outside the country,\u201d Mogotsi said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23118,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-38304","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The move comes as several countries, including Zimbabwe, continue to repatriate their citizens amid growing tensions over illegal immigration in SA.","published_date":"","news_description":"The move comes as several countries, including Zimbabwe, continue to repatriate their citizens amid growing tensions over illegal immigration in SA.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38306,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38304\/revisions\/38306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}