Status on South African citizens currently serving Sentences of Imprisonment in foreign countries
QUOTE
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 1247 (NW1391E)
PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO X OF APRIL 2011
Mr J Selfe (DA) to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation:
Whether any South African citizens are currently serving sentences of imprisonment in foreign countries; if so, (a) how many, and (b) in which country?
REPLY:
a) The Department is aware of 965South African citizens who are incarcerated abroad as on 31 March 2011. The number reflected are known cases where citizens exercised their right to request consular assistance in terms of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963.
(b) Appended as Annex A is a breakdown of detentions per country
UNQUOTE
ANNEX A
South African Citizens incarcerated per region |
Total number of prisoners |
TOTAL Male |
TOTAL Female |
♂ |
♀ |
Africa |
183 |
151 |
32 |
Middle East and Central Asia |
64 |
40 |
24 |
South- and East Asia and Australasia |
137 |
93 |
44 |
USA and Canada |
26 |
24 |
2 |
MERCOSUR |
204 |
104 |
100 |
Caribbean |
4 |
2 |
2 |
Central America and the Andes |
152 |
95 |
57 |
Mediterranean, Central & Eastern Europe |
63 |
32 |
33 |
UK and Ireland |
119 |
78 |
41 |
Benelux, Nordic & German |
13 |
6 |
7 |
TOTAL |
965 |
625 |
342 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AFRICA |
|
|
|
South African Citizens incarcerated per country |
Total number of prisoners |
TOTAL Male |
TOTAL Female |
♂ |
♀ |
Algeria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Angola |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Benin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Botswana |
18 |
18 |
0 |
Burkina Faso |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Burundi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cameroon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cape Verde |
2 |
2 |
0 |
CAR |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Chad |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Comoros |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Congo Brazzaville |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cote d’Ivoire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Djibouti |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DRC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
EG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Egypt |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Eretria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Ethiopia |
3 |
3 |
0 |
Gabon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Gambia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Ghana |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Guinea |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Guinea Bissau |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kenya |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Lesotho |
23 |
23 |
0 |
Liberia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Libya |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Madagascar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Malawi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mali |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mauritania |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Mauritius |
33 |
13 |
20 |
Morocco |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mozambique |
13 |
13 |
0 |
Namibia |
16 |
14 |
2 |
Niger |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Nigeria |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Rwanda |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sao Tome |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Senegal |
6 |
0 |
6 |
Seychelles |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Sierra Leone |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Somalia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sudan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Swaziland |
49 |
49 |
0 |
Tanzania |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Togo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Tunisia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Uganda |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Western Sahara |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Zambia |
8 |
7 |
1 |
Zimbabwe |
5 |
4 |
1 |
TOTAL |
183 |
151 |
32 |
MIDDLE EAST CENTRAL ASIA |
|
|
|
South African Citizens incarcerated per country |
Total number of prisoners |
TOTAL Male |
TOTAL Female |
♂ |
♀ |
Afghanistan |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Bahrain |
0 |
0 |
0 |
India |
10 |
5 |
5 |
Iran |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Israel |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Pakistan |
40 |
24 |
16 |
Tajikistan |
1 |
1 |
0 |
UAE |
8 |
6 |
2 |
TOTAL |
64 |
40 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
SOUTH- AND EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA |
|
|
|
South African Citizens incarcerated per country |
Total number of prisoners |
TOTAL Male |
TOTAL Female |
♂ |
♀ |
Australia |
56 |
46 |
10 |
China |
16 |
8 |
8 |
Hong Kong |
19 |
9 |
10 |
Japan |
14 |
9 |
5 |
New Zealand |
10 |
9 |
1 |
Philippines |
2 |
2 |
0 |
South Korea |
7 |
6 |
1 |
Taiwan |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Thailand |
11 |
3 |
8 |
TOTAL |
137 |
93 |
44 |
|
|
|
|
USA AND CANADA |
|
|
|
South African Citizens incarcerated per country |
Total number of prisoners |
TOTAL Male |
TOTAL Female |
♂ |
♀ |
Washington |
4 |
3 |
1 |
New York |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Chicago |
7 |
7 |
0 |
Los Angeles |
8 |
8 |
0 |
Canada |
4 |
4 |
0 |
TOTAL |
26 |
24 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
MERCOSUR |
|
|
|
South African Citizens incarcerated per country |
Total number of prisoners |
TOTAL Male |
TOTAL Female |
♂ |
♀ |
Argentina |
47 |
34 |
13 |
Brazil |
151 |
69 |
82 |
Chile |
6 |
1 |
5 |
Paraguay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Uruguay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TOTAL |
204 |
104 |
100 |
|
|
|
|
CARIBBEAN |
|
|
|
South African Citizens incarcerated per country |
Total number of prisoners |
TOTAL Male |
TOTAL Female |
♂ |
♀ |
Ant & Barbuda |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Bahamas |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Barbados |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Belize |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Dominica |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Grenada |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Guyana |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Jamaica |
2 |
1 |
1 |
St Kitts & Nevis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
St Lucia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
St Vinc&Gren |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Suriname |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Trin& Tobago |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TOTAL |
4 |
2 |
2 |
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE ANDES |
|
|
|
South African Citizens incarcerated per country |
Total number of prisoners |
TOTAL Male |
TOTAL Female |
♂ |
♀ |
Bolivia |
18 |
10 |
8 |
Colombia |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Costa Rica |
6 |
2 |
4 |
Cuba |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Curacao |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Dom Rep |
0 |
0 |
0 |
El Salvador |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Ecuador |
12 |
9 |
3 |
Guatamala |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Haiti |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Honduras |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mexico |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Nicaragua |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Panama |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Peru |
69 |
44 |
25 |
Venezuela |
41 |
25 |
16 |
TOTAL |
152 |
95 |
57 |
|
|
|
|
MEDITERRANEAN, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE |
|
|
|
South African Citizens incarcerated per country |
Total number of prisoners |
TOTAL Male |
TOTAL Female |
♂ |
♀ |
Bulgaria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cyprus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Czech Republic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
France |
7 |
5 |
2 |
Greece |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Hungary |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Italy |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Poland |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Portugal |
4 |
1 |
3 |
Romania |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Russian Federation |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Slovakia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Spain |
21 |
14 |
9 |
Turkey |
26 |
8 |
18 |
Ukraine |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TOTAL |
63 |
32 |
33 |
|
|
|
|
UK & IRELAND |
|
|
|
South African Citizens incarcerated per country |
Total number of prisoners |
TOTAL Male |
TOTAL Female |
♂ |
♀ |
UK |
109 |
75 |
34 |
Ireland |
10 |
3 |
7 |
TOTAL |
119 |
78 |
41 |
|
|
|
|
BENELUX, NORDIC & GERMAN |
|
|
|
South African Citizens incarcerated per country |
Total number of prisoners |
TOTAL Male |
TOTAL Female |
♂ |
♀ |
Belgium |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Luxemburg |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Netherlands |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Denmark |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Finland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Iceland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sweden |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Norway |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Austria |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Germany |
6 |
2 |
4 |
Liechtenst |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Switzerland |
4 |
1 |
3 |
TOTAL |
13 |
6 |
7 |
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