More migrant worker checks
Home Affairs set to increase inspections in four leading sectors
The Department of Home Affairs is set to increase its inspection of the sectors that employ large numbers of migrants. Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said in Pretoria on Tuesday the issue of migrant workers had taken centre stage worldwide and needed to be managed sensitively. He said the government needed to "control the narrative" regarding an issue that was becoming subject to right-wing opinions globally. Gigaba said the department planned to increase inspections in the mining, hospitality, construction and agricultural sectors. It also wanted to work with industry bodies, he said. On Tuesday, he met representatives of the hospitality sector to discuss the high rates of immigrant employment in the various sectors. A key issue was a failure to properly distinguish between economic migrants and refugees, he said. SA has been pushing various legislative reforms, including the 2014 Immigration Act, which introduced contentious requirements for unabridged birth certificates when...
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