NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 783
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 26 April 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 13 of 2013
Mr M S F de Freitas (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
How many persons, by (a) nationality and (b) type of permit application,
entered the country in the (i) 2010/11, (ii) 2011/12 and (iii) 2012/13
financial years?
NW992E
REPLY:
(a) & (b) The information [as extracted from the Enhanced Movement
Control System (EMCS)] is specified in the tables below:
|Country |2010/11 |2011/12 |2012/13 |
|Aden |1 |0 |1 |
|Afghanistan |301 |239 |395 |
|Albania |200 |186 |144 |
|Alderney |2 |2 |8 |
|Algeria |3830 |1439 |2845 |
|American-Samoa |1 |0 |1 |
|Andorra |67 |37 |49 |
|Angola |37928 |43066 |43129 |
|Anguilla |2 |0 |3 |
|Antarctica |4 |4 |1 |
|Antigua & |73 |96 |55 |
|Barbuda | | | |
|Argentina |22894 |14768 |14048 |
|Armenia |137 |99 |113 |
|Ascension |0 |0 |2 |
|Aruba |7 |1 |3 |
|Australia |123869 |115734 |121692 |
|Austria |23991 |25762 |26900 |
|Azerbaijan |328 |155 |280 |
|Azores Islands |1 |0 |0 |
|Bahamas |147 |154 |178 |
|Bahrain |279 |203 |191 |
|Bangladesh |6233 |6518 |7509 |
|Barbados |248 |202 |192 |
|Belarus |1052 |883 |832 |
|Belgium |47040 |47955 |48435 |
|Belize |57 |68 |61 |
|Benin |1342 |1526 |1840 |
|Bermuda |58 |57 |45 |
|Bhutan |30 |26 |29 |
|Bolivia |694 |631 |648 |
|Borneo |1 |0 |0 |
|Bosnia and |332 |333 |312 |
|Herzegovina | | | |
|Botswana |838560 |756124 |784681 |
|Bouvet Island |3 |1 |2 |
|Brazil |59182 |55627 |55007 |
|British Arctic |0 |7 |0 |
|Territory | | | |
|British |15 |9 |9 |
|Dependent | | | |
|Territory CIT | | | |
|British Indian |7 |0 |1 |
|Ocean Territory| | | |
|British |47 |49 |33 |
|National | | | |
|(Overseas) | | | |
|British |65 |34 |31 |
|Overseas | | | |
|Citizen | | | |
|British |9 |10 |2 |
|Protected | | | |
|Person | | | |
|British Subject|12 |8 |5 |
|Brunei |48 |0 |39 |
|Darussalam | | | |
|Bulgaria |3988 |3631 |4057 |
|Burkina Faso |685 |765 |979 |
|Burma |11 |9 |1 |
|Burundi |1080 |1245 |1490 |
|Byelorussian |0 |1 |0 |
|Cambodia |252 |251 |123 |
|Cameroon |7905 |7345 |7580 |
|Canada |66622 |66618 |69227 |
|Cape Verde |684 |645 |822 |
|Cayman Islands |5 |4 |7 |
|Central African|185 |148 |244 |
|Republic | | | |
|Chad |269 |425 |493 |
|Channel Islands|0 |1 |1 |
|Chile |8118 |3356 |3257 |
|Cocos (Keeling |4 |0 |2 |
|Islands) | | | |
|Colombia |3227 |2100 |2421 |
|Comoros |230 |235 |286 |
|Congo |4118 |3748 |4059 |
|Cook Islands |0 |1 |1 |
|Costa Rica |1008 |476 |499 |
|Cote DâIvoire |2919 |2201 |3070 |
|Croatia |2152 |2090 |2394 |
|Cuba |1405 |1146 |1298 |
|Cyprus |2536 |2192 |2011 |
|Czech Republic |6438 |7058 |6886 |
|Dahomey |0 |0 |1 |
|Democratic |432 |173 |381 |
|Peopleâs | | | |
|Republic of | | | |
|Korea | | | |
|Democratic |36922 |36206 |39952 |
|Republic of | | | |
|Congo | | | |
|Denmark |26045 |25797 |25848 |
|Djibouti |86 |95 |88 |
|Dominica |41 |31 |14 |
|Dominican |144 |115 |165 |
|Republic | | | |
|East Indian |1 |3 |1 |
|Islands | | | |
|East Timor |3 |1 |0 |
|Ecuador |1102 |619 |683 |
|Egypt |7231 |7167 |7801 |
|El Salvador |367 |103 |161 |
|Equatorial |317 |441 |566 |
|Guinea | | | |
|Eritrea |733 |866 |939 |
|Estonia |994 |980 |955 |
|Ethiopia |10142 |9807 |9192 |
|Falkland |1 |0 |0 |
|Islands | | | |
|(Malvinas) | | | |
|Faroe Islands |2 |0 |0 |
|Federated |4 |4 |0 |
|States of | | | |
|Micronesia | | | |
|Fiji |135 |138 |174 |
|Finland |11847 |10340 |9946 |
|France |131323 |119902 |129723 |
|French |6 |3 |6 |
|Polynesia | | | |
|French Southern|2 |1 |5 |
|Territories | | | |
|French-Guiana |1 |1 |0 |
|Gabon |6306 |6681 |7353 |
|Gambia |588 |652 |720 |
|Georgia |366 |289 |277 |
|Germany |253786 |268054 |281761 |
|Ghana |23168 |22627 |27433 |
|Gibraltar |2 |0 |1 |
|Greece |10135 |8270 |8503 |
|Greenland |1 |0 |1 |
|Grenada |35 |44 |31 |
|Guadeloupe |1 |0 |0 |
|Guatemala |664 |188 |277 |
|Guinea |2042 |2202 |2708 |
|Guinea-Bissau |153 |200 |149 |
|Guyana |352 |336 |317 |
|Haiti |157 |110 |68 |
|Heard Islands |1 |0 |0 |
|and Macdonald | | | |
|Islands | | | |
|Honduras |1353 |218 |358 |
|Hong Kong |367 |24 |12 |
|Hungary |3438 |3295 |3370 |
|Iceland |736 |738 |809 |
|India |102824 |115300 |126579 |
|Indonesia |7883 |6869 |8636 |
|Iran |5282 |4602 |3602 |
|Iraq |412 |318 |319 |
|Ireland |36893 |34920 |34048 |
|Ireland |81 |60 |39 |
|Northern | | | |
|Islands of |3 |0 |0 |
|Guernsey | | | |
|Islands of |2 |0 |1 |
|Jersey | | | |
|Isle of Man |1 |3 |2 |
|Isle of Wight |0 |0 |1 |
|Israel |21982 |21837 |23831 |
|Italy |67257 |66138 |67889 |
|Jamaica |979 |822 |773 |
|Japan |30372 |28186 |30803 |
|Jersey |1 |0 |0 |
|Jordan |2215 |1836 |2305 |
|Kazakhstan |906 |705 |604 |
|Kenya |37379 |38085 |39065 |
|Kirghizia |5 |0 |1 |
|Kiribati |24 |30 |45 |
|Kuwait |665 |661 |710 |
|Kyrgyzstan |105 |97 |93 |
|Laos |93 |102 |101 |
|Latvia |968 |1043 |961 |
|Lebanon |3480 |2940 |3069 |
|Lesotho |3067179 |3315489 |3314198 |
|Liberia |592 |692 |660 |
|Libyan Arab |2209 |1048 |1093 |
|Jamahiriya | | | |
|Liechtenstein |215 |205 |264 |
|Lithuania |985 |1059 |1195 |
|Luxemburg |1129 |1395 |1504 |
|Macau |5 |1 |4 |
|Macedonia |213 |218 |246 |
|Madagascar |3023 |3019 |3761 |
|Madeira |0 |3 |0 |
|Malagasy |2 |0 |11 |
|Malawi |146924 |156768 |159368 |
|Malaysia |10887 |11401 |9625 |
|Maldives |87 |34 |61 |
|Mali |1136 |1222 |1320 |
|Malta |598 |619 |636 |
|Marshall |0 |7 |1 |
|Islands | | | |
|Martinique |2 |1 |3 |
|Mauritania |283 |258 |240 |
|Mauritius |23970 |22152 |20260 |
|Mayotte (French|3 |0 |0 |
|Overseas | | | |
|Territory) | | | |
|Mexico |16982 |3808 |4008 |
|Moldovia |221 |232 |251 |
|Monaco |75 |92 |78 |
|Mongolia |211 |190 |156 |
|Montenegro |235 |228 |393 |
|Montserrat |3 |0 |4 |
|Morocco |1985 |1535 |1850 |
|Mozambique |1539381 |1619412 |1792405 |
|Myanmar |899 |1053 |928 |
|Namibia |237234 |251109 |242624 |
|Nauru |0 |15 |2 |
|Nepal |808 |541 |595 |
|Netherlands |84 |16 |25 |
|Antilles | | | |
|Netherlands |140345 |130404 |128017 |
|New Guinea |1 |0 |0 |
|New Zealand |22372 |21390 |23124 |
|Nicaragua |71 |75 |73 |
|Niger |332 |380 |721 |
|Nigeria |60806 |77913 |83017 |
|Norfolk Islands|2 |1 |1 |
|Northern |5 |5 |13 |
|Mariana Islands| | | |
|Norway |21075 |23417 |23262 |
|Oman |470 |447 |411 |
|Organisation of|50 |3 |63 |
|African Unity | | | |
|Pakistan |20684 |23511 |26964 |
|Palau |1 |4 |0 |
|Palestine |413 |312 |269 |
|Panama |529 |397 |284 |
|Papua New |40 |78 |38 |
|Guinea | | | |
|Paraguay |1176 |404 |405 |
|Peopleâs |86821 |105877 |127711 |
|Republic of | | | |
|China | | | |
|Persia |0 |2 |5 |
|Peru |3112 |2337 |2436 |
|Philippines |17931 |20230 |22435 |
|Pitcairn |1 |0 |0 |
|(British | | | |
|Overseas | | | |
|Territory) | | | |
|Poland |12447 |12536 |13588 |
|Portugal |66512 |65869 |69340 |
|Puerto Rico |2 |9 |4 |
|Qatar |401 |240 |335 |
|Refugee (other)|9 |4 |7 |
|Refugee |10 |4 |1 |
|(Article 1, | | | |
|1951 | | | |
|Convention) | | | |
|Republic of |12046 |10584 |10841 |
|China (Taiwan) | | | |
|Republic of |19980 |21261 |20014 |
|Korea | | | |
|Reunion |6 |0 |5 |
|Romania |3404 |3353 |4111 |
|Russian |15139 |15036 |17056 |
|Federation | | | |
|Rwanda |3397 |3166 |3535 |
|SA Developing |1907 |1649 |1449 |
|Countries | | | |
|(SADC) | | | |
|Saint |0 |1 |0 |
|Barthelemy | | | |
|Saint Lucia |32 |46 |34 |
|Saint Martin |1 |0 |0 |
|(French Part) | | | |
|Saint Pierre |14 |3 |3 |
|and Miquelon | | | |
|Saint Kitts and|28 |77 |42 |
|Nevis | | | |
|Samoa |40 |47 |112 |
|San Marino |27 |46 |44 |
|Sao Tome and |113 |139 |170 |
|Principe | | | |
|Sarawak |0 |0 |4 |
|Saudi-Arabia |3960 |5280 |5789 |
|Senegal |4286 |4024 |4412 |
|Serbia |2554 |2067 |2165 |
|Seychelles |3456 |3533 |3728 |
|Sicilia |1 |0 |0 |
|Sierra Leone |1212 |1202 |1117 |
|Singapore |7687 |8669 |8651 |
|Slovak Republic|4120 |2621 |2711 |
|Slovenia |2366 |1280 |1055 |
|Solomon Islands|13 |27 |13 |
|Somalia |450 |796 |245 |
|South Georgia |1 |1 |0 |
|and Sandwich | | | |
|Islands | | | |
|South Sudan |0 |80 |892 |
|Southern |2 |7 |6 |
|Military Order | | | |
|of Malta | | | |
|Spain |36734 |32292 |29129 |
|Sri Lanka |4511 |4552 |4701 |
|St Helena |12 |17 |85 |
|St Vincent and |59 |41 |37 |
|the Grenadines | | | |
|Stateless |36 |7 |6 |
|Person | | | |
|Sudan |2248 |2214 |1772 |
|Sumatra |0 |1 |0 |
|Suriname |109 |106 |90 |
|Svalbard and |8 |1 |0 |
|Jan Mayen | | | |
|(Norway | | | |
|Territory) | | | |
|Swaziland |1085046 |1233892 |1344213 |
|Sweden |43989 |40598 |42065 |
|Switzerland |43784 |46408 |49692 |
|Syrian Arab |795 |568 |644 |
|Republic | | | |
|Tajikistan |35 |67 |32 |
|Tanzania |25368 |34226 |37901 |
|Thailand |9740 |9139 |10728 |
|Timor-Leste |44 |27 |26 |
|Togo |541 |626 |917 |
|Tokelau (New |5 |1 |0 |
|Zealand | | | |
|Territory) | | | |
|Tonga |24 |24 |20 |
|Trinidad and |724 |773 |825 |
|Tobago | | | |
|Tristan Da |0 |0 |1 |
|Cunha | | | |
|Tunisia |1427 |1167 |1322 |
|Turkmenistan |6 |4 |1 |
|Turkey |12459 |13502 |15392 |
|Turkmenia |38 |27 |36 |
|Turks and |3 |3 |3 |
|Caicos Islands | | | |
|Tuvalu |8 |24 |42 |
|Uganda |18268 |18751 |18269 |
|Ukraine |6418 |6755 |6731 |
|UN Agencies |124 |123 |50 |
|United Arab |863 |1017 |1207 |
|Emirates | | | |
|United Kingdom |553671 |530888 |512568 |
|UN Organisation|9989 |9965 |10133 |
|United States |327299 |325208 |334710 |
|of America | | | |
|Unspecified |12942 |1231 |132 |
|nationality | | | |
|Uruguay |2680 |1318 |1237 |
|USA Minor |1 |2 |1 |
|Outlying | | | |
|Islands | | | |
|Uzbekistan |244 |176 |179 |
|Vanuatu |28 |9 |21 |
|Vatican |19 |27 |23 |
|Venezuela |2791 |1521 |1512 |
|Vietnam |2839 |2269 |2143 |
|Vietnam North |32 |17 |14 |
|Vietnam South |3 |5 |1 |
|Virgin Islands |1 |0 |3 |
|(British) | | | |
|UN Laisser |3673 |3393 |2016 |
|Passer | | | |
|Western Sahara |101 |20 |20 |
|Yemen |399 |291 |443 |
|Yugoslavia |292 |81 |14 |
|Zambia |177361 |178032 |184431 |
|Zanzibar |2 |0 |0 |
|Zimbabwe |2279907 |2562385 |3092944 |
|Total |12 401 402 |13 057 461 |14 002 164 |
(b) The information in respect of the type of permits the persons entered
on is specified in the table below:
|Type of permit |2010/11 |2011/12 |2012/13 |
|Asylum Seeker |2531 |990 |140 |
|Permit | | | |
|Special Events |90812 |388 |5462 |
|Permit | | | |
|Corporate |5163 |4126 |3167 |
|Permit | | | |
|(General) | | | |
|Corporate |53670 |63502 |67244 |
|Permit (Mine) | | | |
|Corporate |2239 |1713 |1461 |
|Permit | | | |
|(Seasonal | | | |
|Labourer) | | | |
|Crew Member |42551 |49622 |53983 |
|Detention |1 |0 |0 |
|Diplomatic |322 |399 |458 |
|Permit | | | |
|(Accompany | | | |
|Accredited) | | | |
|Diplomatic |6282 |6889 |6694 |
|Permit | | | |
|(Accredited) | | | |
|Diplomatic |1240 |2299 |3849 |
|Permit | | | |
|(Visitor) | | | |
|Immigrating / |440 |318 |1191 |
|Exempt | | | |
|Investment / |2404 |6191 |4196 |
|Business Permit| | | |
|Join Spouse / |41641 |41971 |42350 |
|Parents | | | |
|Medical |5314 |6426 |6802 |
|Treatment | | | |
|Permit | | | |
|None / Null / |397759 |358648 |332389 |
|Unspecified | | | |
|Non-Remunerativ|447013 |416870 |425239 |
|e Business | | | |
|Participate in |826 |1395 |1641 |
|Exchange | | | |
|Programmes | | | |
|Participate in |5856 |10712 |13973 |
|International | | | |
|Agreements | | | |
|Retired Person |4577 |4174 |4957 |
|Permit | | | |
|Seek Employment|189 |67 |104 |
|Study Permit |88445 |99360 |88983 |
|Transit Permit |3733 |1271 |177 |
|Vacation / |11038095 |11696980 |12580578 |
|Holiday Permit | | | |
|Visit Shorter |14082 |4829 |3268 |
|than 3 Months | | | |
|Visiting |7701 |32409 |63676 |
|Friends and | | | |
|Relatives | | | |
|Work Permit |138516 |245912 |290603 |
|Military |0 |0 |116 |
|Section 11 (2) |0 |0 |1104 |
|Permit | | | |
|Immediate Short| | | |
|Term | | | |
|Total |12 401 402 |13 057 461 |14 002 164 |
⢠The unspecified records are in part caused by invalid characters on
the database. The Department is addressing this anomaly through the
continuous enhancement of the EMCS.