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Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has rubbished claims that he instructed police to conduct spot checks and ascertain the immigration status of foreign nationals 👇

Furthermore, the Act provides that any person who assists a foreign national to evade the processes contemplated in that subsection, or interferes with such processes is guilty of an offence.Motsoaledi said regulations go on to guide law enforcement officers on how to apply the Act; including what steps to take to verify the identity or status of a person.

The minister said the method of accessing departmental records was given a boost during the preparations for theHe said any law enforcement officer who wants to verify the identity of a person on the spot did not necessarily need to have a physical documentation of that person. “It is only after exhausting such steps as described in the regulations that the police officer may find themselves having to arrest a person, if they still cannot ascertain their identity. The 24-hour centre is our proud legacy of the 2010 Soccer World Cup,” he said.

 

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Mr Motsoaledi dnt be apologetic asseblif.

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