Israeli High Court Outlaws Detention Centre for African Migrants

The Israeli high court on Monday, 22 September 2014 ordered for the closure of a detention facility for African migrants.

Tuesday, 27 August 2013

U.S. Hosting 30,000 illegal Kenyan Immigrants

An American immigration expert has revealed that there are an estimated 30,000 Kenyans residing illegally in the United States. In an interview with the Daily Nation, Jeffey Passel, a Senior Demographer at the Pew Research Center [O1] in Washington, admitted that the widely quoted numbers in the media were inaccurate. Passel states that he derived this figure from statistics of visa admissions in the country as well as data from the U.S....

Friday, 16 August 2013

SADC States (Namibia, South Africa, Botswana) Reap Big From Kenyan Brain Drain

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) reveals that Namibia, South Africa and Botswana have been the biggest beneficiaries of brain drain in Kenya. The report, titled Migration and Human Security in the East and Southern Africa, released on 12 August 2013, blames the slumping living standards in the country for the relocation of many Kenyans to these destinations in search of greener pastures. The IGAD report states in part, “The country...