[TOP STORY] What police can and cannot do in immigration cases

[TOP STORY] What police can and cannot do in immigration cases

July 15, 2026 · 8 min

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James Chapman discusses the role of police in immigration cases and the process of deportation in South Africa.

‘If somebody is found not to be entitled to be in the Republic, then the role falls squarely upon immigration then to process somebody for the purposes of deportation,’ says James Chapman of the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town. Moneyweb

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