Johnathan Paoli
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has confirmed that currently, the South African government was unable to account for the number of undocumented foreign nationals within the country.
The minister was briefing the media on Sunday concerning the White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection.
The White Paper got approval of the Cabinet early last week and included the establishment of the Border Management Authority (BMA) as part of the government’s recent policy changes in order to mitigate the situation of foreign nations within the country.
Motsoaledi said that the Department of Home Affairs in conjunction with StatsSA remained in the dark over the number of undocumented immigrants in the country.
“The Department of Home Affairs has no idea as to how many illegal migrants are in South Africa here… because there is no mechanism of knowing,” Motsoaledi said.
He said the establishment of the BMA could assist
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