JOHANNESBURG - Scores of undocumented migrants have been arrested in Roodepoort.
This is amid a widespread immigration-focused law enforcement operation on the West Rand.
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Home Affairs deputy minister Njabulo Nzuza says the department received a tip-off that a large number of illegal businesses are operating in the area.
He says that upon arrival, some of the illegal immigrants started running off, jumping over the fence, but this did not stop the officials from apprehending them.