NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1446
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 07 June 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 20 of 2013
Mr D J Stubbe (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
(1) (a) How many times has a certain person (name furnished) entered
South Africa since 20 October 2011 and (b) in each case, (i) on what
grounds did he enter the country and (ii) what was the duration of
each visit;
(2) whether the said person applied for asylum in South Africa; if so,
(a) when was the application made and (b) what is the status of the
application;
(3) whether she has been informed that the said person is on Interpolâs
Most Wanted list;
(4) whether persons who appear on Interpolâs Most Wanted list are
automatically flagged by her Department when they enter the country;
if so, (a) how and (b) what is her Departmentâs obligation in this
regard?
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REPLY:
(1) to (3) The Honourable Member is requested to provide more specific
personal details of the person concerned, such as a date of
birth, complete forenames, complete surname/s and passport
number, as there are more than one person with the same name and
surname of the person concerned reflected on the Department of
Home Affairsâ enhanced Movement Control System (eMCS) and
National Immigration Information System (NIIS).
(4)(a) Yes. Persons who appear on Interpolâs Most Wanted list are
automatically flagged by the Department when they enter the
country. A warning will be flagged at the immigration counter
when a person on the warning lists enters or departs at a port
of entry. Such a traveller shall be handed over to the relevant
stakeholder/s to conduct further enquiries on the admissibility
of the traveller, as the Interpol Warning List forms part of the
South African Police Serviceâs Warning List and persons who
appear on these lists are flagged by the risk engine of the
eMCS. Movements of travellers entering and departing the
Republic of South Africa are captured on the eMCS and
information is shared by various State Departments and Agencies
such as the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South
African Revenue Service (SARS). The SAPS and SARS utilise the
eMCS for their respective functions.
(4)(b) The Departmentâs obligation is to ensure and promote the
widest possible mutual assistance between all Police authorities
within the limits of the laws existing in the different
countries. In the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the Departmentâs obligation is to deal with each matter
within the confines of our laws and to recognise the universal
human rights of the individual.