Around 300 Zimbabweans are picked up weekly in the border area and are held at Musina Police Station and deported. Police officials there explained that they feel in a difficult position. According to them, it is not the responsibility of the police to take on the role of processing undocumented migrants. They do not have the capacity to issue ASPs and it is not supposed to be solely their responsibility to oversee deportation. These roles are supposed to be taken by the Department of Home Affairs. However, there is so far no RRO in Musina. The nearest one is Pretoria 450 km away – which seems astonishing given the fact that Home Affairs told us repeatedly that there have been migrants from Zimbabwe crossing at this very point for generations. An RRO is apparently to open in this area soon, but in the meantime the police have to shoulder the problem. Zimbabweans are currently being deported without the opportunity to apply for asylum. The police should in terms of the law be issuing 15 day permits to those who ask for asylum, but this is never done. 71