IMMIGRATION NEWS

Police in Nairobi have arrested five Nigerian citizens as the crackdown on illegal immigrants continues across the country. The five foreigners were arrested at an apartment in Nairobi's Lucky Summer estate for being the in the country illegally. Police said the immigrants were nabbed after locals…

The government has refuted claims that the ongoing crackdown on illegal immigrants in the country is targeted on specific nationalities. In a statement on Saturday, the National Police Service said the operation is a multi-agency exercise aimed at repatriating immigrants found in the country…

Police have arrested close to 100 immigrants in various operations as the government intensifies crackdown on illegal foreigners in Kenya. The swoop comes after recent orders by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i who wants the aliens removed from the country before the end of November. In an…

Bank of America is under fire for reportedly freezing customer accounts after they failed to answer questions about their citizenship status. This comes after a report published by the Miami Herald on Thursday where several Bank of America customers said their accounts had been locked over their…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i says the crackdown on illegal immigrants and undocumented foreigners will be done fairly and without discrimination. In a statement, the Ministry of Interior said the exercise will not target a particular nationality and assured it will be carried out in a…

The government has intensified the crackdown on illegal immigrants in the country following an order issued last week by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi In a new move, the Immigration Department has set up a hotline telephone number for Kenyans to report any foreigners who they suspect of…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has ordered the deportation of all illegal immigrants in the country by November 30th. Speaking on Friday during a security meeting at the Kenya School of Government in Nairobi, Matiang'i gave the Immigration department a three-month ultimatum to flush out…

The government has suspended the issuance of work permits to foreigners while they are in the country. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i said the directive takes effect on Friday night and is part of a three-month process aimed at streamlining operations at the Immigration department. “The…

Kenyan authorities have commenced a probe to establish how a top Somali government official acquired Kenyan citizenship.  Ahmed Fahad Dahir, the deputy director of Somali Intelligence Agency allegedly holds multiple Kenyan passports and an ID card with contradicting birth dates. He reportedly…

Recently released internal communications at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reveal a plan to restart the deportation cases of hundreds of thousands of people whose cases are currently administratively closed. This initiative has the potential to swell the immigration court backlog (…