NAIROBI (Halbeeg News) – The government of Kenya has deported over 150 ( one hundred and fifty) Somalis to their country since August when the East African nation launched an operation against illegal migrants.
In an interview with Daily Nation, a newspaper based in Nairobi, Kenya Director for Immigration and Border Control, Alexander Muteshi Imbenzi said Kenya deported 1248 people to 27 countries.
The officer accused those expelled from Kenya of being illegal immigrants purporting to be tourists saying they took the advantage of immigration loopholes to engage in crimes or in order to get a fake work permit.
According to Imbenzi , the deportation left Kenya to struggle with unexpected expense of repatriation.
We have used something to the tune of Ksh 15 million in the ongoing campaign. It is a very expensive affair, apart from Tanzanians and Ugandans whom we deported by road, we have to pay airfare for other nationals, ” he said.
Among the deported were 151 Somalis, 217 Tanzanians, 210 Ethiopians, 115 South Sudanese, 94 Nigerians and 79 Chinese.
Others are 55 Burundians, 51 Congolese, 38 Egyptians, 31 Indians, and 14 Rwandans.
“The most of those deported are from the region including Tanzanians, Ethiopians, Ugandans, Somalis but Internationally, the largest number is from China,” Imbenzi explained.
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