The Border Management Authority BMA prevented 88 undesirable foreigners from entering the country on Christmas Day while intercepting a Mozambican national who tried to smuggle counterfeit sneakers on Boxing Day.
More than 18,450 people wishing to exit the countrys borders into Mozambique were processed on Christmas Day, with about 450, mainly women and children, being processed manually, said BMA Commissioner Michael Masiapato. BMA colleagues are inserting those manually processed individuals into the enhanced movement control system.
He said 88 people were declared undesirable when they arrived at the port of entry, mainly because they had previously overstayed their permitted 90-day visit to South Africa.
