Over 10 000 Zimbabweans have been deported from South Africa since last year. Zimbabweans constitute the second largest number of illegal immigrants living in South Africa.
Since last year, 10 433 Zimbabweans have been deported while Mozambicans form the largest portion of the deportees at 11 534, with Lesotho and Malawi contributing 6 045 and 3 257 deportations, respectively. South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs spokesperson, Thabo Mokgola, said the deportations were in line with the Immigration Act. Said Mokgola:
Anyone found to have obtained any enabling document in a fraudulent manner is dealt with according to the legislative prescripts.
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