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A Suspended Sentence: Administrative Limbo in South Africa's Deportation System Forced Migration Online (24276783) Migration, asylum and refugee law FORCED MIGRATION ONLINE DEPORTATION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CORRUPTION LEGAL PROCEEDINGS South Africa has one of the world's most prolific deportation systems. The country's powerful policing and administrative machinery, formerly tasked with maintaining racial segregation under Apartheid, now generates hundreds of thousands of deportations each year. Many migrants who are in South Africa illegally end up spending long times in detention, waiting for the finalisation of their case. When looking at this particular group, it becomes increasingly difficult to explain deportation in terms of conventional theories of citizenship - whether they be about the resolution of class conflict, state autonomy or evolving distinctions between insider and outsider. With this in mind, this paper looks for alternative empirical material and theoretical resources, to explain the processes of subjectification and contestation that are helping to shape the South African deportation system. It focuses on the personal narratives of deportees and the officials responsible for their deportation. 2026-09-30T11:43:16Z Text Online resource 10.25446/oxford.33352008.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/A_Suspended_Sentence_Administrative_Limbo_in_South_Africa_s_Deportation_System/33352008 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0