Operation Fiela not anti-immigrant: Radebe

The government has dismissed criticism that Operation Fiela targets foreigners in what human rights organisations have slammed as state-orchestrated xenophobia. Minister in The Presidency Jeff Radebe said most of those arrested during the operation were South Africans.Radebe, who heads the inter-ministerial committee on migration, said of 3914 arrests made during the operation, 2264 were of South Africans for crimes including the illegal possession of firearms and drugs.