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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Deportation, Return to SA, and Rehabilitation

QUESTION 3084 / NW3607E

DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 14 October 2011
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 31 of 2011

Mr J Selfe (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:



(1) Whether her Department has a system in place to ensure that detained offenders who are foreign nationals and have been deported are prevented from (a) returning to South Africa or (b) acquiring a visa; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;



(2) whether her Department has any policy in place in this regard; if not, why not; if so, what is her department’s policy with regard to offending foreign nationals who return to South Africa?

NW3607E



REPLY:



(1)(a)&(b) Yes. The Department of Home Affairs has a system, in place, to prevent detained offenders from returning to the Republic of South Africa (RSA), or acquiring a Visa. Prohibited persons are placed on the Department’s Visa and Entry Stop List to prevent them from returning to the RSA, once deported, and obtaining a Visa, a Temporary, or a Permanent Residence Permit.



(2) Yes. Foreign nationals who are convicted, and detained because of criminal offences committed, are deported from the RSA after serving their sentences. Such foreigners are regarded as prohibited persons, in terms of section 29(1)(c) of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No 13 of 2002). Any prohibited person found in the RSA is dealt with, in terms of the Immigration Act.



Further, any foreign national deported from the RSA becomes a statutory prohibited person. Such person can, only, return to the RSA after an application for rehabilitation has been approved. In terms of Regulation 34 of the Immigration Regulations, rehabilitation can, only, take place after four years of absence from the RSA, and upon a request by the foreigner, in which he, or she makes a solemn affirmation that he, or she will comply with the Immigration Act.





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Protests at Deportation Centres

QUESTION 3251 / NW3866E


DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 21 October 2011
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 33 of 2011


Mr G B D Mc Intosh (Cope) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:






Whether there have been any protests by foreigners at any deportation centres since 1 January 2010; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) at which centres, (b) how were these protests dealt with and (c) what mechanisms are in place to ensure that (i) these protests are kept to a minimum and (ii) security is on high alert?


NW3866E






REPLY:






(a) Yes. There were two protests by foreigners at the Lindela Holding Facility on
4 October 2011 and 17 October 2011 respectively.






(b) The BOSASA Security Company has the capacity to deal with the protests. As, and when necessary, the South African Police Service are brought in to supplement their capacity.






(c)(i) & (ii) Same as (b) above.






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