South Africa
Africa · 75 منشأة موثّقة · المصدر ↗
إجمالي المنشآت
75
قيد التشغيل
20
مُغلقة
2
أخرى / غير محدد
53
الوصول السريع:
🔬 بيانات خام
📑 مراجع للاستشهاد
📥 صيغة استشهاد APA
🧭 حقوقك في South Africa
📞 مساعدات
🏛️ أرقام للسياسات
- إجمالي منشآت الاحتجاز: 75
- قيد التشغيل: 20
- مُغلقة: 2
- حوادث IOM (10 سنوات): 4
- وفيات + مفقودين: 22
⚖️ الإطار القانوني
- • Detains migrants or asylum seekers? Yes Has laws regulating migration-related detention? Yes Deportations/ Forced Removals 46,898 2025 Apprehensions of Non-Citizens 11,915 2024 Refugees 71,171 2024 Asylum Applications 100,313 2024
- • MalawiZimbabweMozambiqueTanzaniaNigeria 2014
- • DETENTION CAPACITY Total Immigration Detention Capacity 0 2021 0 2020 0 2018 Immigration Detention Capacity (Specialised Immigration Facilities Only) 0 2021 4,000 2017 Number of Dedicated Immigration Detention Centres 1 2023 1 2021 1 2020 1 2018
- • ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION Number of Detainees Referred to ATDs (Year) 0 2021 0 2020 Official ATD Absconder Rate (Percentage)(Year) 0% 2021 0% 2020 Number of People in ATDs on Given Day 0 2021 0 2020
- • Refugees Amendment Act 11 of 2017 2020
South Africa · Republic of South Africa
ISO ZA / ZAF · Southern Africa · 1 منطقة زمنية
العاصمة
Pretoria
السكان
63,100,945
المساحة (كم²)
1,221,037
اللغات
Afrikaans · English · Southern Ndebele · Northern Sotho · Southern Sotho · Swazi · Tswana · Tsonga · Venda · Xhosa · Zulu
خريطة المنشآت — South Africa
منشأة بإحداثيات دقيقة · بإحداثيات تقريبية (مركز الدولة) · جاري تحديد الإحداثيات…
🟢 يعمل · 🔴 مُغلق · ⚪ أخرى/غير محدد · الإحداثيات من OpenStreetMap Nominatim (أول زيارة تحتاج بضع ثوانٍ، النتائج محفوظة بعدها).
South Africa كدولة منشأ — أعداد النازحين منها (2016-2025)
South Africa كدولة لجوء — الأعداد التي تستضيفها (2016-2025)
المصدر: UNHCR Refugee Statistics API · تجميع سنوي · refugees, asylum-seekers, IDPs, stateless, others-of-concern, returnees.
عدد الحوادث
4
وفيات
19
مفقودون
3
منذ سنة
2016
الحوادث سنوياً داخل South Africa
التوزيع حسب طرق الهجرة
أسباب الوفاة (Top 8)
أحدث الحوادث المسجّلة
1 وفاة · Route to Southern Africa
Near Ngwenya border post, South Africa - Eswatini border
السبب: Shot
3 وفاة · 3 مفقود · 2 ناجٍ · Route to Southern Africa
Limpopo river, near Maroi, Limpopo province, South Africa
السبب: Drowning
1 وفاة · غير محدد
Body discovered at the O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa
السبب: Plane stowaway
14 وفاة · 1 ناجٍ · Route to Southern Africa
near Mokopane, Limpopo Province, South Africa
السبب: Vehicle accident
المصدر: IOM Missing Migrants Project عبر HDX · حوادث تمّت داخل South Africa خلال آخر 10 سنوات · يُحدَّث يومياً.
قد يكون ذلك بسبب تحديد المعدل على واجهة GDELT. جرّب لاحقاً.
Deportations/ Forced Removals
46,898
Apprehensions of Non-Citizens
11,915
Refugees
71,171
Asylum Applications
100,313
نظرة عامة
“In migration management, numbers are not just statistics; they shape public perception, drive political narratives, and influence government spending. When accurate, they can foster a nuanced understanding of migration and guide evidence-based, humane policy. When inflated or incomplete, they fuel fear. In South Africa, we have a numbers problem: not just in how they are used, but in how they are hidden. ” […]
اقرأ الملف كاملاً على GDP ↗نظرة سريعة
توزيع الحالات (تفصيلي)
September 2025
Lawyers for Human Rights (South Africa): “Numbers We Don’t See And Why They Matter”
September 2024
South Africa: Submission Concerning Arbitrary Detention and Other Violations of the Human Rights of Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
June 2024
South Africa: Challenging Abusive Detention Practices in Court
April 2022
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: Immigration Detention in India, Morocco, Poland, South Africa
April 2022
SOUTH AFRICA: Joint Submission to the Universal Periodic Review
الإطار القانوني والمعاهدات
- Detains migrants or asylum seekers? Yes Has laws regulating migration-related detention? Yes Deportations/ Forced Removals 46,898 2025 Apprehensions of Non-Citizens 11,915 2024 Refugees 71,171 2024 Asylum Applications 100,313 2024
- MalawiZimbabweMozambiqueTanzaniaNigeria 2014
- DETENTION CAPACITY Total Immigration Detention Capacity 0 2021 0 2020 0 2018 Immigration Detention Capacity (Specialised Immigration Facilities Only) 0 2021 4,000 2017 Number of Dedicated Immigration Detention Centres 1 2023 1 2021 1 2020 1 2018
- ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION Number of Detainees Referred to ATDs (Year) 0 2021 0 2020 Official ATD Absconder Rate (Percentage)(Year) 0% 2021 0% 2020 Number of People in ATDs on Given Day 0 2021 0 2020
- Refugees Amendment Act 11 of 2017 2020
- Refugees Act of 1998, as amended by the Refugees Amendment Act 10 of 2015 1998 2015
- Yes Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as amended in 2013. Chapter 2 - Bill of Rights Section 10, Section 27 and Section 35 on human dignity and rights specific to detention. 1996 1996
- Annexure B of the Regulations to the Immigration Act sets out the Minimum Standards of Detention. 2015
- Refugees Regulations 2019
- Detention to establish/verify identity and nationality 2015
- Detention to effect removal 2015
- Asylum seekers Prohibited Yes 2015
- Yes Dedicated immigration detention facilities 2018
- Access to asylum procedures Yes No 2018
- Independent review of detention Yes Infrequently 2018
- Right to appeal the lawfulness of detention Yes Yes 2018
- Complaints mechanism regarding detention conditions Yes Infrequently 2018
- Compensation for unlawful detention Yes Infrequently 2018
- Independent review of detention Yes 2015
- Home detention (curfew) No No 2018
Administrative Migration Detainee Entries
Not Available
Alternative Administrative Migration Detainee Entries
Not Available
Total Administrative Migration Detainees (Entries + Remaining from previous year)
Not Available 2021 Not Available 2020 Not Available 2019 Not Available 2017
Alternative Total Administrative Migration Detainees
Not Available 2021 Not Available 2020
Average Daily Administrative Migration Detainee Population (year)
Not Available 2021 Not Available 2020 200 2014
Reported Administrative Migration Detainee Population (Day) Not Available (30) DecemberNot Available 2021 Not Available (30) DecemberNot Available 2020 Not Available (31) DecemberNot Available
2017
Administrative Detainee Entries as Percentage of Total Migrant Population (Year) Not Available% 2021 Not Available% 2020 Not Available%
2017
Countries of Origin (Year) 2021 2020 MalawiZimbabweMozambiqueTanzaniaNigeria
2014
Number of Asylum Seekers Placed in Immigration Detention (Year)
Not Available 2021 Not Available 2020 Not Available 2017
Number of Women Placed in Immigration Detention (year)
Not Available 2021 Not Available 2020 58 2014
Total Number of Children Placed in Immigration Detention (Year)
Not Available 2021 Not Available 2020 Not Available 2017
Number of Unaccompanied Children Placed in Immigration Detention (Year)
Not Available 2021 Not Available 2020 Not Available 2016
Number of Accompanied Children Placed in Immigration Detention (Year)
Not Available 2021 Not Available 2020 Not Available 2017
Number of Stateless Persons Placed in Immigration Detention (Year)
Not Available 2021 Not Available 2020 Not Available 2017
Number of Deaths in Immigration Custody (year)
Not Available 2021 Not Available 2020
Cases of Self-Harming and Suicide Attempts in Immigration Custody (Year)
0 2021 0 2020
Total Immigration Detention Capacity
0 2021 0 2020 0 2018
Immigration Detention Capacity (Specialised Immigration Facilities Only)
0 2021 4,000 2017
Number of Dedicated Immigration Detention Centres
1 2023 1 2021 1 2020 1 2018
Number of Detainees Referred to ATDs (Year)
0 2021 0 2020
Official ATD Absconder Rate (Percentage)(Year)
0% 2021 0% 2020
Number of People in ATDs on Given Day
0 2021 0 2020
Percentage of Detainees Released (year)
0% 2021 0% 2020
Percentage of Detainees Deported (year)
0% 2021 0% 2020
Number of Deportations/Forced Removals (Year)
46,898 2025 39,672 2024
Percentage of Removals v. Total Removal Orders (Year) % 2021 % 2020 %
2017
Number of People Refused Entry (Year)
Not Available 2021 Not Available 2020
Number of Apprehensions of Non-Citizens (Year)
11,915 2024 13,867 2023 6,605 2021 9,716 2020
Criminal Prison Population (Year)
144,938 2021 147,922 2020 161,984 2016 157,394 2014 156,370 2013 164,793 2010 161,639 2007 187,640 2004 170,959 2001 146,435 1998 118,205 1995 104,790 1992
Percentage of Foreign Prisoners (Year) 10.5% 2021 %
2020 7.5% 2017 6.3% 2015 5.3% 2010
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WHO South Africa 2026 1st Quarter Newsletter
— World Health Organization
South Africa: La visite de la Directrice générale de l'OIM vient confirmer l’engagement de l'Afrique du Sud en matière de migration
— International Organization for Migration
Health Systems 2050 roundtable explores South Africa’s future readiness
— World Health Organization
WHO South Africa 2025 4th Quarter Newsletter
— World Health Organization
South Africa: Floods 2026, DREF Operation (MDRZA022)
— International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
South Africa - Severe weather and floods, update (IFRC, SAWS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 January 2026)
— European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
South Africa - Floods, update (media, SAWS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 January 2026)
— European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
South Africa - Floods (Weather South Africa, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 January 2026)
— European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
South Africa - Wildfires (DG ECHO, MODIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 January 2026)
— European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
South Africa - Severe weather (CatNat, media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 January 2026)
— European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
South African municipalities advance local resilience through MCR2030 Initiative
— UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
UNHCR South Africa Representation & Multi-Country Office Monthly Statistical Report (as of 30 November 2025)
— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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