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South
African Airways' (SAA) policy
on the carriage of :
Deportees/Persons
in Custody
Definition
A
person who had legally been admitted to a State by its authorities or
who had entered a State illegally, and who at some
later stage is formally ordered to
be removed from that
State.
Policy
Deportees/persons
in custody may only be accepted for carriage on
South African Airways owned or operated aircraft upon completion
and confirmation of the appropriate consultations and
notifications.
Standards
Before
acceptance for travel of a deportee/person in custody, the office of the
Director (South African Airways Protection Services)
must be consulted as to the level of security to be applied.
The
deporting State must conduct a risk assessment of the deportee/
person in custody and inform South African Airways in writing of
the results. The assessment
shall include medical, mental and physical
fitness for carriage, willingness to travel, behavioral
patterns, history of violence and other relevant information such
as
name, age, gender, country of citizenship, destination, as well
as background on escort's),
if applicable
The
office of the Director (South African Airways Protection
Services) will facilitate an internal evaluation on the results
of the deporting State, to
determine whether the use of escorts (and the number of escorts) is
required.
Any
escort required to accompany a deportee/person in custody, must be
qualified for the task, subject to the approval from the office of the
Director (South African Airways Protection Services ).
Whenever
a deportee/person in custody is accepted for travel on
South African Airways owned or operated aircraft, the
Pilot-in-Command as well as the Purser must be notified of the deportee/
person in custody before departure of the flight.
The
Pilot-in-Command and the Purser also be advised whether the
deportee/person in custody is under escort
Prior
to acceptance for travel on South African Airways owned or
operated aircraft, the destination station, transit station
(where applicable) and the appropriate authorities must be notified of
the arrival of the deportee/person in custody. In making
arrangements for the removal of a deportee/person in custody to
a destination country, direct non-stop flights must be used whenever
possible.
Escorts
shall remain with the deportee/person in custody for the duration of the
flight and until handed over to the authorities
on arrival at the final destination.
The
maximum number of deportees/persons in custody, accompanied
by escort's) and carried on South African Airways owned or
operated aircraft, may not exceed two (2).
Deportees/persons
in custody must be security screened.
The
travel documents of deportees/persons in custody, not under escort, must
be handed to the Purser.
Liquor
may not be served to escorts or deportees/persons in custody
while on board South African Airways owned or operated aircraft.
Explanatory
Notes
The
above are the minimum standards for South African Airways.
Cognizance must also be taken of other local regulations and/ or
legislation, where applicable.
Where
possible, such persons and their escorts must be seated in the rearmost
seats of the aircraft (and remote from any doors).
South
African Airways is not obliged to accept any such category person,
unless such a person was carried to and landed by South
African Airways, and was subsequently refused access to that
country by the relevant authorities.
Such a person is usually returned
to his point of origin on the returning flight.
South
African Airways is not obliged to accept a person from
another carrier, especially when such a person is under
repatriation/deportation.
Under
no circumstances is South African Airways to accept deportees
/persons in custody being routed via South Africa to a third
country, unless such a person is under escort and the appropriate
arrangements at both transit/intermediate and final destination have
been finalized and confirmed.
Inadmissible
Passengers
Definition
A
passenger who is refused admission to a State by authorities of that
State, or who is refused onward carriage by a State authority at a point
of transfer, e.g. due to lack of visa, expired passport, etc.
Explanatory
Notes
There
is no restriction on the number of inadmissible passengers to be
accepted for carriage on South African Airways owned or operated
aircraft. Inadmissible passengers to be treated as per normal
procedures for other passengers.
Inadmissible
passengers need not be escorted as for deportees, provided such
passenger(s) is/are no threat to the safe operations of the flight.
Should
an inadmissible passenger, at any stage before the departure of
the flight show signs of violent behavior, etc., the Pilot-in-Command
has the legal authority to refuse such a person for carriage. The
office of the Director (South African Airways Protection Services) will
then arrange to remove such a person on the same conditions as for
deportees.
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