On the Line: Inside South Africa’s Immigration Deportation System

South Africa deports thousands of people every year. In fact, it is one of the world’s most prolific deporting nations. With little access to legal documents, migrants and refugees living in South Africa are left vulnerable to arrest and deportation. Conditions inside detention, the ineffectiveness of deporting people – and simply the cost of the deportation system to the South African state – encourage us to ask whether this system is working and what alternatives exist for a more integrated continent. ‘On The Line’ provides an in-depth look at South Africa’s immigration detention and deportation system – notorious for human rights abuse, ineffectiveness and corruption – and potential alternatives for a more just future.

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