South Africa home affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has said that a total of 36000 undocumented immigrants were arrested and deported back to their home countries since 2019.

In a tweet shared on SABC news handle, Aaron  said over 60% of the deported undocumented immigrants are from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and eSwatini.

“Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says a total of 36 thousand undocumented migrants were apprehended and repatriated back to their countries of origin since 2019. Over 60 thousand of the migrants were from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and eSwatini”.