Amnesty International, AI, has advised the Kenyan Government against the ongoing crackdown on illegal immigrants saying it would lead to a possible Xenophobia attack.
In a press release signed by Deputy Director for East Africa, Seif Magango, AI claimed that even those with legal documents had been affected in the crackdown.
Magango said in the statement that the Kenyan government must stop manhandling people who have fled war and persecution in their home countries, and should instead protect them.
They must not be forced to return to countries where they would be at risk of harm.
An order from the Cabinet Secretary for Interior Security, Fred Matiang’i that all immigrants should be deported, has seen numerous raids in various parts of the country, affecting mostly citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria.
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