487 undocumented foreign nationals among 659 arrested in Joburg raid

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Over 600 people were detained this week when police swooped in shops belonging to foreign nationals to seize fake goods.

JOHANNESBURG - The Home Affairs Department said the status of arrested individuals during police raids in the Johannesburg has now been determined.

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said they've confirmed that some of those arrested are documented. "There are 659 of them in the Johannesburg Central Prison and out of this 659, after processing them, it was found that 487 are undocumented migrants, while 117 do have some form of documentation which Home Affairs officials accepted."

 

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Lies at its best....wow how accurate u guys are amazing

How did they enter the country illegally in the first? Corruption is annoying.

Which tells me that about 74% of foreigners living in South Africa are staying here illegally

I've been wondering about this for a while, how do we know that they're foreign nationals if they're undocumented? Think about what passes for efficiency at the Department of Home Affairs and then answer the question.

And now? Will they be deported? Get their own countries to pay for the deportation.

Charge and depot!

Depot them all

Undocumented is the same as illegal or?

Those who are here illegally must be deported with immediate effect.

Just we housed 487 killers, rapist, drug smugglers, pornographers dealers, counterfeit dealers, nonsense nje

HermanMashaba Does it help? African Diaspora Forum wants them realesed. We are fighting a losing battle.

Great work. Justice must b seen 2 b done

This information I true,gives credence to the porosity of our borders and ineptness of home affairs officials.

They must be deported!

Deport them

They must go!

Send them back 2where they come 4rm

Send them all back to their countries

Good. Kick them out

It's our officials at the border posts who lets them in for a bribe. You can be sure you won't win this one until you sort out the corruption at our border.

487 in 1 small part of jhb. There are millions in the country.

That's a drop in the ocean, remember we have more than 2million Zimbabweans only so the raid must continue , our African brothers and sisters must come here legally

Most of them have fraudulent documents, this people are good for nothing...

Even if deported, the same corrupt Home Affairs officials will let them back in.

HermanMashaba That's just a fraction of them scumbags who are here, there are millions and most of them are either undocumented or they are having fraudulent documents, and most of them are up to no good

The expropriation of land starts with the city of Joburg. Operation 'reclaim the city' is an exercise though long overdue that should be applauded. The restoration of the city will create job opportunities and affordable accommodation more especially to the youth of this country.

Close to 74% of those arrested are illegals

How did they get through our borders? I’m amazed...

And thousands are entering our borders and other thousands are still roaming around the streets of joburg

Well done Mr Mayor and the City of Joburg,lets reclaim our beautiful city back...where we can walk freely without any fear

I doubt there is a country like Mzansi that has absolutely no idea how many foreigners it has within its borders. Everything else makes sense.

HermanMashaba Send them back where they came/come from

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Bravo...just do this exercises on weekly & definitely Intelligence driven excercise...the Unlawlessness/ Illegal immigrants irrespective their Country of origin must be dealt with, precisely with full mighty Law Enforcement & Judicial system. GautengANC AsktheChiefJMPD

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