Deportations of Migrants Set to Resume - NGO

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates that 1.5 million Zimbabwean migrants are living in South Africa, but only 275 000 Zimbabweans have applied to be regularised by the 31 December 2010 deadline.

IOM chief of mission in Zimbabwe, Vincent Houver, has been quoted as saying that, “All we know for now is that immigration authorities from both countries (South Africa and Zimbabwe) have met to discuss the modalities under which forced removals may resume.”

Meanwhile, People Against Suffering, Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP) says that police appear to be acting on an internal directive sent by director-general of home affairs, instructing the police service, as well as the defence force and home affairs offices to start deporting undocumented Zimbabwean nationals.

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