Home Affairs To Pay R1 Million for Unlawfully Detaining illegal Foreign National 

Home Affairs To Pay R1 Million for Unlawfully Detaining illegal Foreign National. An Eastern Cape court ruled that an illegal foreigner was unlawfully detained for a month after she was arrested.

The woman, who was in the country unlawfully, was arrested and sued the Department of Home Affairs for not giving her a chance to contest her arrest South Africans were worried by the verdict, and many commented on the law and on how law enforcement officials do not enforce it adequately.

Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, covered police investigations and court cases at Daily Sun for over three years.

EASTERN CAPE — The Department of Home Affairs may be set back by R1 million after an illegal foreigner sued them for unlawfully detaining her.

Foreign national sues Home Affairs

IOL reported that the woman was arrested in November 2022 and taken to court in Mthatha. She pleaded guilty to contravening the Immigration Act and was kept behind bars at the Mthatha Central Police Station. She was released the following month, and she sued Home Affairs.

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She claimed that when she was arrested, she was not told why she was arrested and why she would be detained. Despite her guilty plea, she added that she was denied the opportunity to fight her arrest personally or through a lawyer. She also accused immigration officers of not taking her to court 48 hours after her detention. The court ruled in her favour.

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