NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 12
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Thursday, 13 February 2014
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 1 of 2014
Mr M Waters (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
(a) Has the Angolan cessation project been successful to date and (b) what
are the indicators of this success?
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REPLY:
(a) Yes it has been successful thus far
(b) Out of 3713 people profiled in the four established centers in
Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and the Tshwane Interim Reception
Office, 2239 people were successfully repatriated to their country of
origin or integrated locally under the Immigration Act, 2002
(Act no. 13 of 2002). There are a total of 1474 people who have not yet
reported back. The Department, in partnership with the Angolan
officials, are in the process of tracing these individuals in order to
conclude the cessation project.