A plane carrying 90 Somali nationals
deported from the United States landed in Mogadishu airport this past week.
By the way, between Jan. and Feb. 2014 Saudi Arabia deported 12,000 Somalis.
BREAKING: A
plane carrying 90 Somali nationals deported from #US lands at Mogadishu airport, days after
Trump took office - Reports #Somalia
A part from the
90 Somali nationals, 2 Kenyans were also deported from #US and dropped in Nairobi, #Kenya. Reason still unclear. #Somalia
Kenyan officials say the number may be
much higher.
The flight took place before President Trump’s signing of executive orders for a temporary ban on most refugees from several terrorist nations.
The flight took place before President Trump’s signing of executive orders for a temporary ban on most refugees from several terrorist nations.
More than 90
Somalis and Kenyans arrived in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday after being
deported from the United States, a Kenyan official said.
Government spokesman Eric Kiraithe said the deported included 90 Somali men and two Kenyan women, while adding he did not know why they had been deported.
A security officer at the airport said the Somalis were then flown to Mogadishu, the Somali capital, while the Kenyans were released.
Government spokesman Eric Kiraithe said the deported included 90 Somali men and two Kenyan women, while adding he did not know why they had been deported.
A security officer at the airport said the Somalis were then flown to Mogadishu, the Somali capital, while the Kenyans were released.
Other officials termed the number higher as compared to past
cases as they expressed fears the American authorities were toughening up on
illegal immigrants there.
It came ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s expected signing of
executive orders that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension
of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African
countries.
Analysts say it remains unclear if Trump has scrapped plans to
undo the 2012 Obama executive order shielding from deportation nearly 800,000
people brought into the country illegally as children.
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