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World Cup 2010: Football Hooligans And Terrorists Beware, South Africa Knows Who You Are
The Department of Home Affairs has introduced an Advanced Passenger Processing (APP) system to closely monitor the entry of football hooligans into the country for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Dec 3, 2009 6:00:32 AM
The APP, which started to operate effectively on November 23, will help the department to check passengers against a prohibited list before boarding planes at their respective departure points.
This applies to both football hooligans and terrorists. Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Malusi Gigaba, told BuaNews that the department was closely working with Interpol, international travel agencies and the world football governing body, FIFA, to ensure that the APP system was working well in all countries.
Gigaba said due to the high volumes of the people, who will be coming to witness the first FIFA World Cup in the African soil, dedicated lanes have also been established at both OR Tambo and Cape Town International for the use of FIFA accredited members.
He said a total of 3,000 FIFA accredited delegates were expected for the 2010 Final Draw on Friday. A total of 2,000 of them are already in the country, while the remaining are expected to land in the next two days.
Gigaba said visa exemptions were only made available to FIFA accredited delegates in possession of letters of accreditation from the world football body.
However, delegates are pre-screened by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) before being granted with a visa exemption. A dedicated unit was also available to FIFA for the fast tracking of all visa applications.
The department has also established an Immigration Response Unit which will be deployed during periods of congestion at the ports of entry with a 15 to 30 minutes response time. Gigaba said the department has already made significant contribution towards ensuring that the Final Draw is a success.
“The draw event is the first step towards ensuring our state of readiness for 2010. In this regard, we have implemented the 24 hour operations centre to monitor and unlock logjams.
“We have also implemented an extensive communications campaign abroad and we are working with travel agencies, airlines and embassies to ensure the smooth passage of FIFA accredited delegates including the media.”
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This applies to both football hooligans and terrorists. Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Malusi Gigaba, told BuaNews that the department was closely working with Interpol, international travel agencies and the world football governing body, FIFA, to ensure that the APP system was working well in all countries.
Gigaba said due to the high volumes of the people, who will be coming to witness the first FIFA World Cup in the African soil, dedicated lanes have also been established at both OR Tambo and Cape Town International for the use of FIFA accredited members.
He said a total of 3,000 FIFA accredited delegates were expected for the 2010 Final Draw on Friday. A total of 2,000 of them are already in the country, while the remaining are expected to land in the next two days.
Gigaba said visa exemptions were only made available to FIFA accredited delegates in possession of letters of accreditation from the world football body.
However, delegates are pre-screened by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) before being granted with a visa exemption. A dedicated unit was also available to FIFA for the fast tracking of all visa applications.
The department has also established an Immigration Response Unit which will be deployed during periods of congestion at the ports of entry with a 15 to 30 minutes response time. Gigaba said the department has already made significant contribution towards ensuring that the Final Draw is a success.
“The draw event is the first step towards ensuring our state of readiness for 2010. In this regard, we have implemented the 24 hour operations centre to monitor and unlock logjams.
“We have also implemented an extensive communications campaign abroad and we are working with travel agencies, airlines and embassies to ensure the smooth passage of FIFA accredited delegates including the media.”
Goal.com
The 2010 World Cup is fast approaching, so keep up to date with all the news at Goal.com's World Cup homepage!
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