Hundreds of foreigners are at risk of deportation after Kenya announced plans to deport illegal migrants in a plan to end homelessness in the country. On Wednesday, Labour and Social Protection Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua announced a nationwide census of street families in a plan that will result in those found not to be Kenyan being sent back home.
While speaking during a recruitment event in Roysambu, Mutua stated that the Ministry, through the Street Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund, is developing a plan to rescue the families and repatriate those from other countries. "We are undertaking a census.
We are just waiting for budgetary allocation so that we can have a breakdown not only of (identifying) which ones are Kenyans and those who are not but also where they come from in Kenya," Mutua said.
An undated image of Kenyans walking across the streets of Nairobi's downtown area.
