We have been informed by our South African Correspondent in Durban that there havebeen changes in the way authorities’ deal with stowaways.
Over the past two weeks, three cases have arisen involving stowaways and it appears thatthe local immigration authority has changed the approach it takes with regards to stowaways found on board ships in Durban whilst moored in port.
In each of the cases, the vessel was in port and either carrying out cargo operations orcarrying out a stowaway search prior to departure when illegal people were discovered on board the vessel. Immigration were called to the vessel and in each case, the illegal’s were declared to be “stowaways” by Immigration rather than what were previously called “trespassers”.
See attached file: Change to stowaway classification – South Africa.pdf
德班对偷渡者的分类方式发生变化 – 南非
本协会驻南非通讯员从德班发回消息称：南非当局对偷渡者的处理方式已发生变化。
在过去的两周，南非发生了三起偷渡事件。从事件的处理来看，当地移民局对靠泊于德班港口的船上所发现的偷渡者采取了不同的处理方式。
前述三起偷渡事件中，所涉船舶均在港区进行货物装卸作业期间或进行离港前偷渡者搜查工作时发现船上有非法偷渡人员。船舶随即通知移民局派人上船。移民局称对此类非法入境者的称谓由之前的”非法入侵者”改成了”偷渡客”。
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