Thank you very much, hon Speaker. Hon Van der Merwe, I can assure you that there are not millions of undocumented people entering our borders. Our borders are not as porous as you suggest. As I stated, the joint permanent commissions on both sides of the borders also meet to review this kind of work.
We are aware that there are a number of economic refugees from other countries. Put very bluntly, these are job seekers who find their way into South Africa. However, these are people with the requisite travel documents. The number of those who are without such documents is very small. That is why the only transit camp of note that we have is the one out in Roodepoort in the Gauteng province. For the rest, we are really dealing with pockets of refugees, mainly economic refugees. I am quite convinced that if our borders were not tightly monitored we would be having very serious problems, for instance, of drug abuse and all of that.
Every other day you read about our guards and law enforcement officers at our ports of entry impounding contraband of all manner, and that happens throughout. Also, some of our own people who hijack cars and try to export them to the neighbouring countries get arrested. I can assure you that the next time these Ministers are here, you should put the question to them. They can even give you figures with regards to the number of people who are convicted of these offences. Thank you.