Illegal Immigrants
latest news & developmentsScapegoating ‘illegal foreigners’ is no answer to South Africa’s historic, home-grown crises
enophobic opportunists and demagogues steer us away from addressing our own social failures
Zimbabweans and the ZEP
Zimbabweans to set up businesses without being required to first invest R5-million in South Africa, and the study permit was just that; a permit that allowed Zimbabweans to live…
Operation Dudula vows to continue drive against illegal immigrants after leader gets bail
Operation Dudula has carried out a crackdown against illegal immigrants in Jo’burg, a drive that has resonated with mainly poor, angry South Africans
Education system fails undocumented learners
Despite a court order, the education system is failing learners who do not have documents, both those born here and those from other countries
First bodies of UK truck victims arrive in Vietnam for burial
The bodies of 31 men and eight women were discovered in a refrigerated lorry in an industrial state in Essex, east of London, on October 23.
Trump’s hostility to immigration runs contrary to the facts
The United States administration’s inhumane treatment of migrants will not fix the system — it needs to be constructively overhauled, not destroyed
As US agents prepare to arrest ‘thousands,’ undocumented people live in fear
Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are expected to hit the streets of at least 10 major American cities
Border kids search for a better life
Unaccompanied Mozambican teenagers regularly attempt to cross into South Africa
Migrants happy to see end of family separations at US border
Twenty-three hundred children have been forcibly taken from their parents since the implementation of this zero tolerance policy two months ago
Winter Olympics calling for Ghana’s skeleton ace
After failing to qualify as a sprinter, Ghana’s Akwasi Frimpong is set to become the second athlete from West Africa to compete in Pyeongchang
Bigots like Donald Trump and Herman Mashaba fuel hatred
Immigrants, illegal of not, will continue to traverse the globe in search of a better life
Desperate Malawians flock to SA
Malawian immigrants come in the hope of finding jobs – but if they don’t have the proper papers, they face arrest, detention and repatriation.
Trump says illegal immigrants ‘have to go’
The millions of undocumented immigrants living in the US must leave, Donald Trump said as he unveiled his immigration platform.
Pinetown truck driver sentenced to eight years and 10 months
Sanele Goodness May pleaded guilty to: culpable homicide, fraud, entering SA illegally, being in possession of fake licences and two other charges.
Xenophobia violates Health Act and migrants’ rights to care
Refugees run the border crossing gauntlet of lions, rivers, rape and theft hoping for a better life.