One of the points I made in my submission on the Home Affairs White Paper is that we need to introduce a risk-tiered tourist visa system.
How it works:
(i) Home Affairs uses its data to flag countries with high overstay / fraud / ‘tourist-to-asylum’ conversion rates (think the likes of Nigeria, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe).
(ii) Those markets move up tiers with escalating controls such as mandatory visa pre-authorisation, biometrics, stronger proof of return intent, tighter/no extensions, proof of finances etc.
(iii) If abuse doesn’t drop, impose a suspension on ALL visa applications from the country. This can be reviewed on a quarterly basis with exceptions such as diplomatic passports.
This is not xenophobic but rule-of-law that is fair to citizens and genuine refugees. @Leon_Schreib@HomeAffairsSA@TheBMA_SA@Patriot_S_A@Princymthombeni
One of our key submissions to the Draft White Paper was that visas, asylum status, permanent residency, and similar provisions must be clearly defined as PRIVILEGES granted in the national interest and NOT inherent rights.
Thank you to the BMA.
@Manikipi EFF should have been benefiting from this decline, but the nyaopist owner refuses to listen to citizens on immigration and he appears just as corrupt as ANC thieves.
Cabinet has approved the revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection, now the real conversation begins.
I joined @Newzroom405 to weigh in from an SACR perspective.
#immigration
@BantuHolomisa@leamdt1 How is the lobbying of ANC MPs by administrators an issue when the opposition and GNU partners of the ANC command 60% of the seats in parliament?
@MbuyiseniNdlozi@nthato_n The government's plan, hatched by Mbeki, is to bless black middlemen through tenders. Do you mind asking Mbeki the next time you podcast with him what his intended end game was?