NAIROBI,Kenya, Jan, 11 – Police in Buruburu, Nairobi county Monday evening detained 22 Ethiopian immigrants after they were found being harboured at a residential home in the area.
Acting on a tip-off from members of the public, the immigrants upon their capture did not posses any identification not travel documents to justify their presence in the country.
According to preliminary reports, the 22 Ethiopian nationals had contracted the service of an unidentified person to ferry them to South Africa.
They further informed police the they had already paid for their trip and were expecting to head to the Southern African nation on Tuesday.
The absence of immigration documents will now see the 22 handed to officers from immigration department before being deported back to their country.
Meanwhile on Sunday, 91 Ethiopian nationals were also arrested during a police operation in the Kitengela area, Kajiado County.
This was during a crackdown on immigrants believed to have been smuggled into the country.
Police say preliminary investigations reveal that the 91, of whom 44 are juveniles, were ferried to the location onboard a trailer, and were being held temporarily as the smugglers sought means to sneak them to another country.
The immigrants were arrested after an earlier attempt to escape from a house they had been detained.
The smuggler of the aliens is missing and attempts to arrest him are ongoing.
Tens of Ethiopians are arrested in the country as they try to use this route to other places like Tanzania and South Africa.
Some are said to be victims of human trafficking.
Kenya is rated as a high-risk country for human trafficking, being a destination, source, and transit country for victims.
Want to send us a story? Contact Shahidi News Tel: +254115512797 (Mobile & WhatsApp)
