THE South African Border Management Authority (BMA) has introduced stiff entry requirements for minors travelling into the country following child trafficking allegations at the Beitbridge Boarder Post.
The strict restrictions are expected to be intensified during the festive season.
SA Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi recently revealed that 42 buses with 443 unaccompanied minors on board under the age of eight were intercepted on that country’s side of the border.
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There were also unconfirmed reports that the sting operation which netted the unaccompanied children also intercepted more children over the weekend.
In a statement last week, BMA said South Africa remained obliged to look after every child within its borders as guided by the Children’s Act, the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
The BMA has the responsibility to implement the prescripts of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002 as amended, and its accompanying regulations as presented by the Department of Home Affairs,” BMA read.
