Authorities has no concept what number of undocumented immigrants are in SA. This was the stunning revelation from Aaron Motsoaledi, the Minister of House Affairs this previous weekend.
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Following information final week that safety of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits had been dismissed in Excessive Court docket, there may be to be a brand new White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration, and Refugee Safety.
HOW MANY UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE IN SOUTH AFRICA?
Throughout this briefing with the media, EWN reviews that the division stated it can’t account for the way undocumented immigrants are in SA. This, in fact, poses many difficulties for the Division of House Affairs (DHA).
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In line with the final obtainable figures on Statista from 2015, the variety of undocumented immigrants in SA ranges between 8 and 10 million. This can be a enormous determine which might be considerably greater in the present day.
BORDER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
Sunday’s briefing to media was a part of authorities’s new White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration, and Refugee Safety. The minister stated the institution of the Border Administration Authority (BMA) major purpose was to assist account for undocumented migrants in SA.
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Earlier within the week, Cupboard authorized the publication of the BMA draft coverage for public remark. “South Africa in the present day is a good place to reside in. Nevertheless, nobody can account for all of the undocumented immigrants. The Division of House Affairs has no concept as to what number of unlawful immigrants are in South Africa. There’s merely no mechanism of realizing,” the minister stated.
NOT GOING TO STOP PEOPLE COMING IN
The minister stated folks prefer to assume the BMA is there cease folks from coming into South Africa. Nevertheless, its major goal is to cease folks coming into the nation illegally, he clarified. Roughly 15 000 undocumented immigrants are ferried again over the border every year. He added that this comes at nice value financially to the nation.
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