ii. Access Solidarity Peace Trust (SPT) and PASSOP are well known and recognized actors in the field of migrants’ rights. The authors of this research relied on the established networks of migrants, experts and stakeholders. In addition, PASSOP distributed flyers to raise awareness and provide contact information for those seeking assistance. This allowed the monitors to stay informed of raids when they occur and refer those they are in contact with to the University of Cape Town (UCT) Law Clinic. This also increased the research teams’ ability to reach a broad base of respondents. iii. Contact with Government In March and April of 2012, PASSOP emailed several offices of the Department of Home Affairs and the South African Police Service requesting information on policies and procedures regarding deportation and immigration raids. Examples of questions included:  Is there a current policy or directive to implement wide scale deportations?  Are there targeted populations?  Is there a quota in place dictating how many arrests for documentation must occur each month?  Should detainees have access to medical treatment and ARV’s?  Are detainees housed alongside convicted criminals?  Are detainees provided the forms required by the Immigration Act – (Form 1)“Notification Regarding Right to Request Review by Minister“ - upon notification of their “illegal” status?  Are translators always provided for detainees who are not fluent in English? The research team also enquired about how to gain access to Lindela Detention Center, the official statistics on the nationality and numbers of those deported in 2012, and the costs of deportation, detention and litigation. We received a response from the DHA acknowledging receipt of our questions and promising to reply, but the response has not yet been received. With regard to our enquiry into the process to be followed so as to gain access to monitor Lindela, we did not receive any response. The SAPS responded to our questions, their response is mentioned below in the Arrests section. iv. Qualitative Data In order to gain in-depth insights into current practices in deportation procedures we decided to conduct semi-structured qualitative interviews. These interviews were based on core stock-phrases but also allowed the interviewer and the interviewee to focus on new questions or topics that came up during the course of the interview. Ten trained monitors were employed to gather information and observe immigration raids and deportations as they happened. There were four monitors in Johannesburg, three in Cape Town, two in Beitbridge and one in De Doorns. All participants were trained and experienced in monitoring and surveying. The Johannesburg monitors were trained and employed by the Solidarity Peace Trust and the Cape Town and De Doorns monitors were community representatives for PASSOP. 18