South African police stopped lots of buses with 443 young kids from Zimbabwe.
This happened after the BMA and the police conducted a covert operation at the Beitbridge border post on Saturday night.
Michael Masiapato, the commissioner of BMA, said that more than 40 buses carrying children were stopped at the North Gate of the border post with Zimbabwe before they could enter South Africa.
He said the kids were traveling without their parents or guardians and without permission letters, even though they had passports like they were supposed to.
The bus drivers said the kids were going to play sports, but the reports said their Zimbabwean grandparents sent them to their parents in South Africa.
Mr Masiapato said that the children were being taken against their will. They got in touch with authorities in Zimbabwe and sent the children back to their home country.
He said that the problem of moving people against their will is getting worse and he promised to keep doing missions during the holiday season.
More than one million people from Zimbabwe live and work in South Africa. It is thought that the kids were going to visit their parents in South Africa for Christmas break after their schools closed.
South Africa has been dealing with a lot of people entering the country illegally from Zimbabwe in the north.
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