4. At the time of the visit one foreign national was being detained after having been arrested for not having the necessary travel permits. Pollsmoor had no facilities to detain foreign nationals awaiting repatriation and such individuals are detained with other awaiting- trial detainees. The region transports illegal immigrants to the Lindelani repatriation centre in Johannesburg every two weeks, provided there are sufficient numbers to be transported by bus. While the management of the centre acknowledged the trauma detention with the ordinary remand population might expose illegal immigrants to, it was clear that given the gross overcrowding at the Centre and the inadequacy of the facilities, little can currently be done to address the situation.