Wednesday 2 May 2012

Regulate status of people from other SADC countries

QUESTION 116/ NW125E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 17 February 2012
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 02 of 2012
Mr G B D Mc Intosh (Cope) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

Whether there are any plans to regulate the status of nationals from Southern African Development Community countries, except Zimbabwe; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW125E

REPLY:
No. Not at the stage.


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Tuesday 1 May 2012

Register of Deported Persons

QUESTION 89 / NW97E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Thursday, 09 February 2012
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 01 of 2012
Mrs A T Lovemore (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:

(1)        Whether her Department maintains a register of persons who have been deported from South Africa; if not, why not; if so, (a) which Directorate is responsible for maintaining this register and (b) what are the details of the (i) content and (ii) management of the register;

(2)        whether the details of such illegal foreigners are available to (a) all offices of her Department, including ports of entry and (b) other Government Departments; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW97E

REPLY:

(1)                          Yes. The Department of Home Affairs maintains a register of persons who have been deported from South Africa.

(1)(a)         The Directorate: Inspectorate maintains this register.

(1)(b)(i)      The personal particulars of all deportees are recorded, manually, as well as, electronically on both the Case Management System (CMS), and the Movement Control System (MCS). The following personal particulars are recorded:

·            The sequence number of the application
·            Name, surname and date of birth of deportee
·            Nationality, gender and file reference number of the deportee
·            The reason for deportation and placing on the Visa and Entry Stop List

(1)(b)(ii)      Only designated officials within the Directorate: Deportation and Directorate: Inspectorate manage the register.

(2)(a)         Yes. Details of deportees are electronically available on the MCS to all offices of the Department, including Ports of Entry.
(2)(b)         Yes. The following Departments are linked to the Department of Home Affairs’ database and have access (read / view) to the Department’s Movement Control System, which reflects the details of persons whose names have been placed on the Visa and Entry Stop:
·            The South African Police Service (SAPS)
·            The South African Revenue Service (SARS)


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