MPs have slammed Operation Dudula for targeting undocumented foreigners.
Narend Singh, IFP MP, said even illegal migrants in the country were protected by law from criminal groups usurping the role of law-enforcement agencies.
ACDP leader Kenneth Meshoe concurred, saying the failures of the department of home affairs could not be pinned on foreigners who were only trying to make a living. Singh fired the first salvo: “The rights of any person residing within our borders needs to be respected, whether they be asylum seekers or illegal immigrants. We will not support any form of xenophobic action. We would like to say plainly that campaigns such as Operation Dudula cannot take the law into their own hands. Everyone is equal before the law and we must all respect the rule of law.
Government and the department of home affairs have failed us. Their inability to manage our borders as well as keep track of and deal with those who make their way into SA illegally has only served to intensify the anti-foreigner sentiments“And I am glad that the Honourable president of the country confirmed that yesterday in the speech.”“Government and the department of home affairs have failed us.
“It is not right for unemployed citizens to go around from one shop to the other demanding work and resident's permits from people who are doing business.”
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