Question NW203 to the Minister of Home Affairs
01 October 2024 - NW203
Ngobeni, Ms LM to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
In light of the reported 36 647 fraudulent applications as contained in the Report of the Review by Ministerial Committee on the Issuance of Permits and Visas on 10 June 2022, what is the total number of deportations per applicants’ country of origin?
Reply:
The deportation statistics in 2022/23 in terms of the countries of origin on page 22 of the Report
|
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN |
VISA APPLICATIONS |
DEPORTATIONS 2022/23 (TOTAL 10 808) |
|
1. Nigeria |
12 177 |
86 |
|
2. Pakistan |
5 066 |
14 |
|
3. Bangladesh |
4 242 |
5 |
|
4. India |
2 610 |
10 |
|
5. Zimbabwe |
1 467 |
7 393 |
|
6. Ghana |
1 296 |
12 |
|
7. China |
1 246 |
6 |
|
8. Democratic Republic of Congo |
990 |
54 |
|
9. Ethiopia |
898 |
9 |
|
10. Cameroon |
830 |
4 |
|
11. Senegal |
633 |
1 |
|
12. Egypt |
562 |
8 |
|
13. Uganda |
450 |
7 |
|
14. Kenya |
228 |
10 |
|
15. Algeria |
224 |
1 |
|
16. Malawi |
206 |
3 020 |
|
17. Angola |
162 |
5 |
|
18. Tanzania |
122 |
159 |
|
19. Somalia |
104 |
3 |
|
20. Gabon |
89 |
1 |
END.