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Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba.
Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba says the most effective way to address the influx of foreign nationals entering the country illegally is for citizens to work with government officials.
Ramathuba says that in most cases, South Africans are the ones facilitating the illegal entry of foreign nationals.
The premier says this poses a risk to public health as illegal migrants are usually not screened for illnesses such as yellow fever.
Over 1 000 undocumented migrants from Zimbabwe were arrested in Limpopo on the 26th of December last year while attempting to cross into the country illegally.
“These are South Africans, by the way, who are busy transporting these people illegally into the country. Hence I’m saying, it starts with each and every South African to say, if we can pause and stop blaming the next person and ask ourselves what is my role as a responsible citizen who is patriotic? Do I have an illegal or undocumented immigrant working as my domestic worker in my house? Am I having a gardener who is not documented?”
Last week, more illegal immigrants crossing from Zimbabwe into South Africa were apprehended by officials of the Border Management Authority near the borderline at Beitbridge.
BMA officers traced two individuals who were facilitating the illegal movement of undocumented foreign nationals in the bush between the border fence and the port of entry.
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