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The interior is clean and comfortable, with elegant coffee shops, stylish Ferrari shops, and a variety of African craft shops in the windows, one next to the other...... Most of the passengers passing by are white, and many of the airport managers and airline staff are white, and if you don't look outside the airport, you won't feel like you're in the backward Africa that people think you're in.

In fact, in the eyes of most Africans, South Africa is the European country in Africa.

This has two meanings: one is that South Africa is well built and developed rapidly, much like European countries, and the other is that South Africa has a large number of white people, and many fields are managed by whites. Even today, when the ANC has been in power for many years, there are strict "racial ratio" rules for employees in all walks of life to improve the status of blacks, but at least half of the crew on South African Airways flights are white.

Several tall blonde stewardesses passed in front of them, setting off a pungent scent.

Han Bo subconsciously held his breath and looked up at the time on the LCD monitor again.

It's not that it's early, but the efficiency of the immigration bureau is really unflattering, and I made an appointment to send people to the airport at half past eight, but I didn't arrive at nine o'clock.

Flights at 11:10 a.m., boarding at least 10 minutes in advance, people have to queue up for security checks after being sent to the airport, and they have to go through customs when taking international flights, if they are delayed until 10 o'clock, there is no time to talk to them!

Han Bo was anxious, Qu Sheng was even more anxious, and turned around and asked, "Han Bureau, will they delay boarding the plane by doing this?"

"Probably not, after all, they are also in trouble when people are locked up in repatriation centers. ”

"What will they do with the one who doesn't want to go back?"

The Immigration Department arrested a total of seven smugglers, six of whom could not stand the conditions of the repatriation centres, gave their home addresses and contact details of relatives and friends, and relatives and friends in the country were willing to pay for their repatriation, and the consular section of the embassy was able to arrange for their repatriation.

One of them claimed that "he will die in South Africa", insisting on concealing his real home address and contact information, and no one will pay for his repatriation, so he is not on today's list of repatriated persons.

Perhaps in the eyes of some, it would be inhumane for the government not to arrange for him to return home.

However, smuggling is not an isolated case, especially in Minqing and other areas where smuggling is common and where smuggling cases are frequent, those people are really running out one after another, tens of thousands, and if they are caught by the law enforcement agencies of other countries, the Chinese government will bear the cost of returning to China, how staggering the cost will be, and doing so is tantamount to encouraging them to smuggle people.

I have visited the immigration bureau prison three times before and after, and have done ideological work, but the embassy and consulates have not turned a blind eye, but they have been obsessed.

Since he is "going to die" in South Africa, what else can the government do?

Han Bo sighed lightly, crossed his arms and said, "Under normal circumstances, I will lock him up for a period of time to see if anyone will let him out, or provide him with a fee to return to China, if he has not been able to do so, it is likely to be let go like this." There are enough illegal immigrants in South Africa, and I don't care if there is one more. ”

"Just let it go!"

"What if you don't let it go, if you get some kind of illness and die in prison, it will not be a glorious thing for the immigration bureau after all. ”

"I thought that if I was sent to the airport, he would not be allowed to re-enter the country, and he would be left to fend for himself at the airport. ”

"If you just arrive, you will be denied entry at the airport. Since he can come by plane, of course there is a way to fly back, that guy was arrested in Joburg, he is illegal to enter and stay illegally, and he doesn't have much money on him, so it doesn't apply to the way you said about it. After all, illegal detention has the same human rights, and the South African government cannot starve him to death. ”

Han Bo looked at the entrance again and added: "The law and order situation in South Africa is so grim, it has a lot to do with the influx of illegal immigrants, many thefts, robberies, and homicides are not done by South Africans, not only robbing the jobs of local people, but also causing such a serious security problem, many black South Africans are also disgusted with blacks from neighboring countries." However, the South African government has a very lenient attitude on the issue of illegal immigration, and the president even bluntly said that they are also brothers and sisters, and they are forced to come to South Africa and should be tolerant of them. ”

Qu Sheng pondered for a moment, and suddenly burst out: "I think it's the drunkard's intention not to drink." ”

Apartheid and racial discrimination left too deep an impression on black South Africans.

Although blacks are already in charge, many industries are still dominated by whites. Despite the overwhelming predominance of blacks in the total population, there are millions of whites.

Think about it from another perspective, if you are the president of South Africa, you will change the law to increase the number of blacks, and you will change the law to drive the whites away.

From the time the ANC came to power to the present, the number of white South Africans has been decreasing, and tens of thousands of whites have emigrated to European countries every year, and the whites who cannot adapt to the new political and economic environment and have no conditions to emigrate have become poor.

During the apartheid era, blacks could not live in the cities, but in a few slums outside the city. Now the black slums still exist, along with several more white slums.

The problem left over from history, this is the wound left by history, and I don't know that it will not heal until the Year of the Monkey.

This topic is too heavy, and as a diplomat should not interfere in other people's internal affairs, Han Bozheng didn't know what to say, three police cars came at the gate, several policemen jumped down, escorted six handcuffed Asian men out of the car, followed by a car, down two tall immigration officials, raised their hands to greet Han Bo.

"Mr. Han, I'm sorry. ”

"Mr. Federer, we've just arrived. ”

The last time we met, we not only gave gifts, but also sent an invitation letter inviting this high-ranking immigration officer to attend a reception at the Chinese Embassy in South Africa on the 16th of next month.

The immigration officer was very happy and very helpful in the matter of repatriation, and even came in person today.

He shook Han Bo's hand tightly, walked quickly to the security gate to show his ID, here he is obviously not the first time to come, the airport security personnel are very cooperative, arranging for the six Chinese who are about to be repatriated from the closed passage security check just now.

The six uneasy compatriots are all young, the youngest is only 17 years old, and they don't eat or sleep well in the immigration prison, and each one is more emaciated than the other. I may have thought of what I would encounter after returning home, and my mental state was not good, so I drooped my head and let the airport security personnel search me listlessly.

What can you get out of prison?

The efficiency of passing through customs is also very high, their luggage is not known how many times it has been turned over, and the little cash and valuables they have are most likely taken away by law enforcement officers with unclean hands and feet, and there are also no diamonds and ivory and other items that are strictly forbidden to be taken out of the country, and they will be escorted to an empty small waiting hall in a short time.

"Mr. Han, sign it, they are yours!" Federer pointed to the handover documents handed over by his entourage, with a look on his face that I had helped a lot, you must thank me.

"Thank you. Han Bo took the document and looked at it, signed it quickly at the checkoff office, looked up and smiled: "Mr. Federer, is it inconvenient to have a meal together at noon?"

"I don't have time today, how about the day after tomorrow?" Federer raised his arm, showed the police watch sent by Han Bo, and said with great exaggeration: "Waterproof, anti-drop, anti-static, it's amazing, I like it very much, my wife also likes it, it's unbelievable that this is made in China!"

"It's good to like it. ”

This guy really likes to take advantage of small things, and his wife likes it too, and she clearly wants another piece.

Don't look pretty, it's actually not worth a lot of money, Han Bo made a no-brainer, Federer understood, patted Han Bo's arm, said hello to Qu Sheng again, pointed to the row of stowaways sitting on the bench, made a gesture to hand it over to you, and walked out of the waiting hall without looking back.

Han Bo was about to go over when a beautiful Asian stewardess flew over.

"Is it Mr. Han from the Chinese Embassy?"

"Yes, what's the problem?" Han Bo handed over a stack of boarding passes.

"I'm Annie Chan from Hong Kong Airlines, I just got the passenger list for this flight, I know that the embassy has contacted our company, and it is an honor to serve the embassy. However, we are sorry that these passengers are not allowed to board the aircraft in handcuffs. The flight attendant took the boarding pass and looked behind her, looking embarrassed.

Smuggling is not a crime, and after returning home, at most administrative detention and a fine of some money.

Even if she doesn't say it, she'll help open the handcuffs for six unmindful guys later. Although Federer, the immigration officer, is gone, there are still two police officers who are still waiting to get the handcuffs back.

What's more, it is impossible to arrange a special escort for such a repatriation, and even if the immigration personnel do not need handcuffs, they cannot be allowed to transfer in handcuffs in Hong Kong and return to China in handcuffs.

Despite this, Han Bo subconsciously asked, "Why?"

"If you disagree with the fact that passengers are in handcuffs and boarding the plane is not only a threat to flight safety, but also a violation of Hong Kong law and a violation of passengers' human rights, I can help you refund your ticket and let them transfer to other flights, such as Air China." ”

Does Air China allow passengers to fly in handcuffs?

The reason why he booked a ticket for Hong Kong Airlines, instead of booking an Air China ticket, was entirely to save money, Han Bo felt a little funny, and motioned to the South African police to help the six uneasy guys open the handcuffs, and said with a smile: "Miss Annie, thanks for the reminder, I won't make it difficult for you." ”

Can a handcuffed person be a good person?

Annie Chen looked back behind her again, and asked in a stiff Mandarin and a mosquito-like voice, "Mr. Han, confirm again, it's okay to let them board the plane?"

"They are just staying illegally, not the most vicious bandits. ”

"But ......"

"Don't tell me you don't have a safety officer on your plane, don't worry, it'll be fine. ”