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Home Affairs maintains tourism travel rules are no problem

Source: News24.com, 28/12/2015


28 Dec 2015 - News24.com
Home Affairs sees nothing wrong with the immigration rules and finds
that travellers' complaints are "baseless and inaccurate".


The Department of Home Affairs has said reports of UK-based
travellers experiencing problems entering South Africa because of
immigration regulations were "baseless and inaccurate".


In a statement the department said negative reports had emerged due to
distortion of facts: "We wish to categorically state that these
reports are baseless and inaccurate, stemming largely from
exaggeration and distortion of facts. The same goes for claims
regarding families coming to our country.


"More travellers from the UK are coming to our shores. Our data
systems for recording arrivals and departures at ports of entry show a
notable increase of 3% for UK travellers to SA between 01 November and
23 December 2015.


"A total of 82 772 UK travellers had arrived in this period, in 2015,
compared to 79 998 for the same period in 2014. Also for children, we
experienced an increase in the number of arrivals for the 01 November
2015 to 23 December 2015 period, with 8 745 arrivals recorded,
compared to 8 508 in 01 November 2014 to 23 December 2014 – an
increase of 3%."


The department added that it was "consistent in discussions" of the
2014 immigration regulations. "We have indicated that [we] welcome
tourists and others to our country as tourism stimulates economic
activity, assisting SA in realising the aims of the National
Development Plan.


"Home Affairs wants what is best for the country as can be seen in
concessions announced by Cabinet in October 2015 that had been made to
attract critical skills and foreign students. But we cannot be
reckless in any policy formulation and implementation, thus the need
consciously to balance economic goals with security interests."


It added that officials "continue to do the best that they can" during
the festive period. "Improving traveller processing at ports of entry
for enhanced client satisfaction is among the apex priorities of the
department."


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