Some were left stranded due to other countries’ lockdowns, but some needed to come home due to losing their overseas jobs
The government has repatriated more than 5,000 SA citizens during the Covid-19 national lockdown, international relations and co-operation minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday.
Many South Africans who had traveled overseas before the 21-day national lockdown was announced in March were not able to return home as all ports of entry into the country were closed. Pandor said that with time, the government began to receive requests from other categories of South Africans who either lost their jobs due to companies and schools being affected by the coronavirus lockdowns, or simply ran out of money to continue to sustain themselves abroad.
In the coming days and weeks the government will continue with the process, and will include repatriation from the US, Russia, Vietnam, India, Qatar, and the UK, Pandor said
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