Immigration Department Clearing 30 000 Travellers Daily At Beitbridge Border Post

Assistant Regional Immigration Officer in charge of Beitbridge Mr Nqobile Ncube said they are clearing an average of 30 000 travellers daily at Beitbridge Border Post as Zimbabweans based in South Africa having started coming home for the Christmas break.

Ncube said they have come up with a number of initiatives to speed up the movement of traffic through Beitbridge Border Post. He said they had harmonised operations with both the local stakeholders and the South Africa border management committees. He said the immigration department had cancelled leave and off days to ensure it operates with a full strength staff during the festive season. Said Ncube:

The volume of both vehicles and people has been increasing since December 5, especially on arrivals. We are equally prepared for the task at hand and we will keep reviewing operations daily. We are clearing an average of between 28 000 and 30 000 people daily, which is an increase from our usual 13 000 to 14 0000 travellers daily during the off peak period. Traffic has been separated into pedestrians, visitors, and private vehicles, commercial and buses to ensure a speedy flow of traffic. In addition to that we have deployed adequate human resources to all the key points and opened up more service points outside the main immigration hall. We continue to liaise on cross-cutting issues at all levels. We want to create an optimal environment for people to spend as less time as possible at the border.

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