
The South African Border Management Authority confirmed in their statement on Friday , 31 January 2024 , that the total number of individuals detected trying to enter South Africa illegally in the previous year is approximately 58 394.
The Border Management Authority said this increase in interception can be attributed to the deployment of drones which they borrowed from the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
The report also states that of the 58 394 intercepted individuals, about 50 312 were undocumented (no documents at all), 6 159 undesirables (found to have overstayed in the country) and 1 923 inadmissible (invalid passport, fraudulent visas, no yellow fever certificates).
They also confirmed that as per the consequences, these individuals were taken finger prints and banned from re-entering South Africa for a period of five years.