South African immigration services need to develop says minister
September 22 2009 by Mark Johnstone
Gigaba on South African immigration
South Africa’s deputy minister of home affairs, Malusi Gigaba, says that the country needs to improve the way it deals with immigrants moving to South Africa.
He says that the influx of immigration to the country is not going to stop and that the country should embrace the newcomers and offer better services to enable them to settle in South Africa.
He said, “South Africa cannot and should not fight the inflow of immigrants but should rather formulate better policies and surveillance strategies.”
In order to get his point across, Gigaba is holding a three-day workshop for members of the South African Development Community (SADC). The workshop will explore options open to the country to improve how it deals with people from other African countries and elsewhere who want to emigrate to South Africa.
The workshop is being held in Cape Town and is hosted by the International Organisation for Migration. Representatives from the SAMP, the IOM, the African Union, the World Bank and the African Diaspora Policy Centre are all also scheduled to address those attending the workshop.
The workshop follows news that emigration to South Africa is on the increase and is set to boom in 2010.
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