US EditionSouth Africa arrests Kenyans working on US refugee applications
South African authorities arrested seven Kenyans working illegally at a US refugee application centre and banned them from re-entry for five years, sparking diplomatic talks with the US and Kenya.
- Seven Kenyans were arrested in South Africa for working on US refugee applications while on tourist visas, violating entry conditions.
- The Kenyans were employed by an intermediary organization that facilitated the processing of refugee applications for resettlement in the US.
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US threatens South Africa over personal data release after immigration raid
The United States has threatened the South African government over the detention of American officials working at a center processing Afrikaners’ applications for the U.S. refugee program. Washington called this week’s raid in Johannesburg, by immigration and law enforcement officers, an attempt to intimidate U.S. government personnel on official business. Noting that the public release of personal identifying information puts the officials in h…
State Department Criticizes South Africa After Police Raid on Refugee Processing Center Used by US
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S.Africa expels Kenyans working on US Afrikaner 'refugee' applications
South Africa arrested and expelled seven Kenyans who had been working illegally on a US government programme to accept white Afrikaners as "refugees", the government said Wednesday.
South African immigration authorities raid a U.S. refugee processing centre
A United States refugee processing centre in Johannesburg was raided by immigration authorities, South Africa’s Home Affairs Ministry said Wednesday while denying any U.S. officials were arrested or applicants harassed.
New twist in the confrontational relationship between the United States and South Africa. The country has returned seven Kenyans employed by the United States as part of their programme of welcoming the white minority Afrikaner, considered "persecuted" in South Africa, which the authorities of the country have strongly denied for months. These Kenyans were only in possession of tourist visas, and should not have worked, but their expulsion reviv…
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