Question NW1917 to the Minister of Home Affairs
07 June 2022 - NW1917
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What (a) total number of illegal migrants were apprehended and (i) sent to Lindela Repatriation Centre and (ii) deported to their countries in the past three years and (b)(i) are the names of the countries to which they were deported in each case and (ii) at what cost to his department?
Reply:
(a)(i) The numbers are as follows:
|
FINANCIAL YEAR |
TOTAL |
|
2019/20 |
16677 |
|
2020/21 |
8415 |
|
2021/22 |
11018 |
(a)(ii) and (b)(i) The numbers deported from the Lindela Holding Facility and directly from the provinces to their countries in the past three years are as follows:
2019/20 – Total 29376
|
COUNTRY |
TOTAL |
|
ALGERIA |
3 |
|
ANGOLA |
22 |
|
BANGLADESH |
26 |
|
BOLIVIA |
6 |
|
BOTSWANA |
11 |
|
BRAZIL |
10 |
|
BULGARIA |
2 |
|
BURUNDI |
15 |
|
CAMEROON |
11 |
|
CAPE VERDE |
3 |
|
CHINA |
29 |
|
CONGO BRAZZAVILLE |
10 |
|
CUBA |
1 |
|
DRC |
87 |
|
ECUADOR |
1 |
|
EGYPT |
7 |
|
ETHIOPIA |
13 |
|
GABON |
1 |
|
GHANA |
25 |
|
GUYANA |
2 |
|
INDIA |
29 |
|
IRAQ |
2 |
|
ISRAEL |
1 |
|
IVORY COAST |
1 |
|
KENYA |
21 |
|
LESOTHO |
3963 |
|
MALAWI |
4277 |
|
MOROCCO |
1 |
|
MOZAMBIQUE |
13834 |
|
NAMIBIA |
19 |
|
NIGERIA |
176 |
|
PAKISTAN |
32 |
|
PALESTINE |
1 |
|
PERU |
1 |
|
SAINT VINCENT |
1 |
|
SAUDI ARABIA |
1 |
|
SENEGAL |
3 |
|
SOMALIA |
8 |
|
SPAIN |
1 |
|
SRI LANKA |
2 |
|
SWAZILAND |
314 |
|
TANZANIA |
517 |
|
THAILAND |
11 |
|
UGANDA |
50 |
|
UNITED KINGDOM |
2 |
|
VENEZUELA |
2 |
|
ZAMBIA |
31 |
|
ZIMBABWE |
5790 |
|
TOTAL: |
29376 |
2020/21 – Total 14859
|
NATIONAL |
TOTAL |
|
ANGOLA |
23 |
|
ARGENTINA |
1 |
|
BOLIVIA |
1 |
|
BOTSWANA |
3 |
|
BRAZIL |
13 |
|
BULGARIA |
1 |
|
BURUNDI |
19 |
|
CAMEROON |
2 |
|
CHINA |
3 |
|
DRC |
51 |
|
GERMANY |
1 |
|
GUINEA |
2 |
|
GUYANA |
1 |
|
INDIA |
1 |
|
KENYA |
5 |
|
LESOTHO |
5796 |
|
MALAWI |
2019 |
|
MOZAMBIQUE |
2714 |
|
NAMIBIA |
24 |
|
NIGERIA |
59 |
|
PAKISTAN |
1 |
|
PARAGUAY |
2 |
|
PERU |
5 |
|
PHILIPPINES |
2 |
|
SEYCHELLES |
1 |
|
SWAZILAND |
622 |
|
TANZANIA |
236 |
|
THAILAND |
3 |
|
UGANDA |
9 |
|
UNITED KINGDOM |
4 |
|
USA |
1 |
|
ZAMBIA |
8 |
|
ZIMBABWE |
3226 |
|
TOTAL: |
14859 |
2021/22 – Total 20093
|
COUNTRY |
TOTAL |
|
ANGOLA |
11 |
|
BANGLADESH |
8 |
|
BOLIVIA |
3 |
|
BOTSWANA |
3 |
|
BRAZIL |
1 |
|
BURUNDI |
23 |
|
CAMEROON |
2 |
|
CHILE |
2 |
|
CONGO BRAZZAVILLE |
2 |
|
DRC |
67 |
|
EGYPT |
7 |
|
ETHIOPIA |
13 |
|
FRANCE |
0 |
|
GABON |
1 |
|
GHANA |
8 |
|
INDIA |
7 |
|
IRAN |
2 |
|
KENYA |
11 |
|
LEBANON |
1 |
|
LESOTHO |
6582 |
|
MALAWI |
2797 |
|
MAURITIUS |
1 |
|
MOZAMBIQUE |
4766 |
|
MYANMAR |
6 |
|
NAMIBIA |
46 |
|
NEPAL |
2 |
|
NIGERIA |
69 |
|
PAKISTAN |
13 |
|
PORTUGAL |
1 |
|
SENEGAL |
3 |
|
SOMALIA |
6 |
|
SWAZILAND |
1434 |
|
TANZANIA |
141 |
|
UGANDA |
26 |
|
UNITED KINGDOM |
1 |
|
VENEZUELA |
4 |
|
VIETNAM NORTH |
1 |
|
ZAMBIA |
10 |
|
ZIMBABWE |
4012 |
|
TOTAL: |
20093 |
(b)(ii) The cost to the Department was as follows:
|
FINANCIAL YEAR |
TOTAL |
|
2019/20 |
R30,459,100.64 |
|
2020/21 |
R15,953,826.04 |
|
2021/22 |
R26,089,452.68 |
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