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Hundreds of unaccompanied children on buses intercepted in South African anti-trafficking operation | World News<\/p>\n
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Dozens of buses carrying more than 400 unaccompanied children have been intercepted in South Africa in an anti-trafficking operation, authorities have said.<\/p>\n
South African border officials said 443 children under the age of eight were found travelling from Zimbabwe <\/strong>without parents or legal guardians.<\/p>\n The children were being “trafficked” into South Africa<\/strong>, the officials said.<\/p>\n Police stopped and searched the 42 buses entering through the Zimbabwean side of the Beitbridge border post on Saturday evening, and they were then sent back to Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n “We denied them entry and activated the Zimbabwean officials to process them back into Zimbabwe,” said Mike Masiapato, commissioner of South Africa’s Border Management Agency.<\/p>\n However, an organisation representing foreign nationals living in South Africa has suggested another possible explanation for their entry into Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n The Africa Diaspora Forum said it believed the children were being sent to visit their parents who are working in South Africa.<\/p>\n Ngqabutho Mabhena, chairman of the organisation, said it was common that children were sent over the border without proper documentation, particularly near the end of the year.<\/p>\n Mr Mabhena said: “We always tell Zimbabwean parents living in South Africa that, if they arrange for their children to come to South Africa, they must… arrange all necessary documentation.<\/p>\n “It is irresponsible for parents to let children travel without passports and to travel with strangers. We have addressed this with parents.”<\/p>\n Read more from Sky News: More than a million Zimbabweans live in South Africa, Africa’s most advanced economy – many of them illegally.<\/p>\n Many moved over the last 15 years to escape economic turmoil in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n South Africa launched a new border force in October to clamp down on illegal migration.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a>
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