Ghana's High Commission in South Africa is processing an additional six hundred nationals on its voluntary repatriation register, on top of the more than one thousand five hundred Ghanaians who registered before the High Commission temporarily paused new registration on June 2, 2026. South Africa's Department of Home Affairs is verifying the existing applicants alongside the High Commission ahead of a second repatriation flight scheduled for Saturday June 6. The processing is being shaped by the broader documented wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa during April-May 2026 that prompted Accra to open the exercise.
The added 600
Ghana's High Commission in South Africa is processing an additional six hundred nationals on its voluntary repatriation register, on top of the more than one thousand five hundred Ghanaians who registered before the High Commission temporarily paused new registration on June 2, 2026.
The pause and its purpose
New registration was suspended on June 2 to allow the existing backlog of more than 1,500 applicants to be verified before fresh slots open. The High Commission was explicit that the exercise has not ended.
South African screening
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs is screening the existing applicants in collaboration with the High Commission. The joint screening is the bottleneck the suspension was designed to clear.
Second batch confirmed for June 6
A second repatriation flight is scheduled for Saturday June 6, 2026; the official list of evacuees has been published. Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has publicly addressed delays in the second-batch evacuation.
The wider context
The expanded register is being shaped by the documented wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa during April-May 2026 — the same wave that produced the alleged attack on a Ghanaian woman shopkeeper reported separately by NSEM (9t84q_d7).
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Processing an additional 600 Ghanaians on the voluntary repatriation register.
Publicly addressed delays in the second-batch evacuation.
Screening the existing evacuation applicants alongside the High Commission.
Official list of evacuees published; flight scheduled for Saturday June 6.
Suspended on June 2 with 1,500+ already enrolled; an additional 600 are being verified.