Twenty-seven undocumented teenage boys who resurfaced from abandoned mines in Stilfontein, South Africa, over a month ago are being repatriated to Mozambique. The children, who were found by police and placed in temporary safe care, were released by the court with permission to return to their families.
Twenty-seven teenage boys are set to be repatriated to Mozambique after resurfacing from unused mines in Stilfontein more than a month ago, the North West Department of Social Development said.
Last month, the Department of Social Development revealed that about 96 undocumented children had been detained after being found as part of a group of illicit miners in Khuma, Stilfontein, in the North West. “On Tuesday at 00:00, the social workers managing the case set out to repatriate the children to the Lebombo border with a police escort. This followed permission from the court to release them from their place of safety and repatriate them, handing them over to their counterparts in Mozambique, who will reunify the children with their parents.
MEC for Social Development Basetsana Susanna Dantjie expressed profound gratitude to her departmental team, led by acting head of department Dr Fezile Ngqobe, for arranging temporary safe care and working tirelessly to repatriate the children.
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