ABSTRACT
Most foreigners who contravene South Africa’s immigration laws are detained in the Lindela Repatriation Centre (hereaer referred to as Lindela), pending their deportation to their country of origin (South African Human Rights Commission, 2000). is controversial detention facility is run by Bosasa (Pty) Ltd., a private company (Flynn & Cannon, 2009). According to the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA), 50,000 people pass through Lindela every year (CoRMSA, 2009b, p. 16); therefore, it can be assumed that most of the 55,285 illegal foreigners deported from South Africa in 2010 (Department of Home Aairs, 2011, p. 43) passed through Lindela.
