Eight South Africans stuck at Egypt border without travel documents

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The department of international relations and cooperation says it is doing all it can to ensure eight South Africans who have been refused entry into Egypt receive assistance.

Department of international relations & co-operation 'doing all it can' to assist South Africans without documentation who have been refused entry into EgyptA satellite image shows a close-up of destroyed Su-25 ground attack aircraft at El Obeid airbase in Sudan on April 18 2023.The department of international relations & cooperation says it is doing all it can to ensure eight South Africans who have been refused entry into Egypt receive assistance.

“These people were fleeing from a war, so they probably left the documents behind. We are negotiating with the Egyptian government to allow them entry, but we are also trying to arrange temporary documents for them,” said Dirco's head of public diplomacy Clayson Monyela.

 

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