Home Affairs deputy minister warns that illegal immigration is fuelling human trafficking [SOUND]

# Deputy minister of Home Affairs, Njabulo Nzuza, says government acknowledges that South Africa faces serious challenges linked to illegal immigration, including human trafficking and the smuggling of goods into the country. He and his Police Ministry counterpart, Polly Boshielo, will lead a task team of deputy ministers to enforce compliance with the law amid escalating anti-illegal-immigration protests. Nzuza warned that criminality linked to illegal immigration should not be used as a reason to destabilise the country: