What many don’t want to acknowledge is that the burden of immigration (illegal or legal) often rests on the shoulders of the poor.
They need to compete for access to schools, clinics, water, electricity, housing etc.
Since I’m in energy, I’ll use load reduction to illustrate.
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says it is misleading to blame Home Affairs processing delays for the high number of undocumented migrants, arguing that many of the Malawian nationals being repatriated did not even possess passports from their home country, making it impossible for them to apply legally for South African visas or permits in the first place