documentation, abuse of power, corruption, length of detention, failure to acquire a warrant from a court when detaining for longer than 30 days, detention with criminals and violations of one’s right to human dignity. The findings of this report reveal a similar array of inconsistencies, violations and abuses and they are also consistent with the reports that have been published in the past decade Amongst these reports was a report conducted by Lawyers for Human Rights7 and one by the University of the Witwatersrand’s Forced Migration Studies Programme8, both in 2010. Their findings show a significant correlation with the SAHRC reports published 10 years prior. When asked about the progress of the deportation process over the last ten years, Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh, the head of the Refugee and Migrants Rights programme for Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) explained that the “Administrative procedures for screening, detaining, continuing to detain and processing releases, have not really improved over ten years.”9 ii. Official Statistics According to the Department of Home Affairs South Africa’s figures for deportations are: 2003 164 294 2004 167 137 2005 209 988 2006 266 067 2007 312 733 2008 280 837 After the outbreak of xenophobic violence that followed these escalating deportations, a Moratorium on Deportations of Zimbabweans was put in place for two years.10 According to the department of Home Affairs’ 2009 annual report the number of deportations went down to 1,060. In 2010, the DHA reported 55,825 deportations.11 In 2010 the top five nationalities for deportations were Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.12 Between 2009 and 2010, immigration control cost the DHA 1.8 billion rand.13 On October 7, 2011 the South African government released a statement that it would no longer provide protection for Zimbabweans and would resume deportations.14 Between October 7 and December 7 Snyman. G. (2010). “Monitoring Immigration Detention in South Africa” Lawyers for Human Rights: 2010 Immigration Detention Report http://www.lhr.org.za/sites/lhr.org.za/files/LHR 2010 Detention Report.pdf 8 Amit, R. (2010). Lost in the Vortex: Irregularities in the Detention and Deportation of Non-Nationals in South Africa. FMSP Research Report. Johannesburg: African Centre for Migration & Society. 1-76. 9 Taken from interview with researcher 10 IRIN News. “South Africa: Deportations of Zimbabwean migrants set to resume.” 7 Oct 2011. IRIN. http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93912/SOUTH-AFRICA-Deportations-of-Zimbabwean-migrants-set-to-resume 11 Gould, C., L. Landau, and C. Gould. “Counting the Cost of Implementing South Africa’s Migration Policy.” Institute for Security Studies.9 Dec 2011. http://www.iss.co.za/iss_today.php?ID=1403 12 IRIN News. South Africa: Deportation Tearing Families Apart. 25 October 2011 (IRIN) http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94057/SOUTH-AFRICA-Deportation-of-Zimbabweans-tearing-familiesapart 13 Gould, C., L. Landau, and C. Gould. “Counting the Cost of Implementing South Africa’s Migration Policy.” Institute for Security Studies.9 Dec 2011. http://www.iss.co.za/iss_today.php?ID=1403 14 IRIN News. “South Africa: Deportations of Zimbabwean migrants set to resume.” 7 Oct 2011. IRIN. http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93912/SOUTH-AFRICA-Deportations-of-Zimbabwean-migrants-set-to-resume 11