Mr Apleni said that he would not like to be obstructive, but felt obliged to point out that the DHA was in the process of de-linking the issuing permanent residence from the number of years that a person had been lawfully living in the country. DHA wanted to have a discretion to question why a person was needed in the country, despite what they were doing here, and to ascertain what benefit would accrue to the country by having such a person. If (human trafficking) victims wanted to apply in terms of Section 31(2)(b) of the Immigration Act, then there was no problem.
http://www.pmg.org.za/report/20111115-deliberations-prevention-and-combating-trafficking-persons-bill
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