More than 90
Somali nationals and two Kenyans on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 arrived
at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi after being
deported from the US, a sign of new US President Donald Trump’s hardline
stance on immigration.
The deportees, believed to have been
affected by US President Donald Trump’s implementation of his pledge to
crack down on illegal immigrants, arrived at the airport at midday
aboard Omni, an American Charter Airline.
The Somalis then boarded a flight that left for Mogadishu at 3pm (+3GMT).
Security sources at the airport said the
travellers were accompanied by security officers, who also accompanied
them to Mogadishu.
Airport police boss Zipporah Waweru
confirmed that there had been a plane carrying Somalis in transit to
Mogadishu, but she could not confirm whether they were deportees.
“They have left and to me, they looked happy so I cannot for sure tell you that they were deported or not,” Ms Waweru said.
President Trump had vowed during the
campaign for the White House to kick out illegal immigrants and
immigrants with criminal records, saying they would be deported at their
own cost.
On Tuesday, President Trump said he was ready to build a wall on the Mexican border and send away illegal immigrants as he rolled out a series of immigration decrees.
Officials said President Trump had
directed that migrant quotas and programmes be cut, thus slowing down
the processing of visas.
The orders would restrict immigration
and access to the US for refugees and visa holders from Iraq, Iran,
Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, according to American media.
During his campaign, President Trump said he would deport or jail up to three million illegal migrants.
via Africa Review
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