Pretoria – Home Affairs Department, 2024/25, 2024/25 in 2024/25 financial year, the number of illegal immigrants increased by 46,898.
“This number has increased by 18% compared to 39,672 years before the previous year,” the department on Wednesday (April 2, 2025).
“This is the number of most deportations in at least five years and is the number made in recent years.”
The department said that his performance was more than the number of deportations carried out by France (22,000) and Germany (20,000).
The total number of deports from SA in the last five years is as follows:
- 2020/21: 14 859
- 2021/22: 20 093
- 2022/23: 22 560
- 2023/24: 39 672
- 2024/25: 46 898
Minister of Homeman, Dr. Leon Schreiber said: “This increases the increase in the effectiveness of execution operations demonstrates our commitment to maintain the rule of law.
“Both work work, border management body, South African police service and local law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement agencies.
“This further reflects the influence of joint initiatives.”
Minister Schreiber added: “Household works double the number of deportations in a country in a country in a country, which has the highest deportations in the European Union, sent an open message to end the days of impunity.
“This is an improved performance, developed performance, developed national security and trade, which will automate the entry to the country to prevent the country illegally through our ports.
