IMMIGRATION NEWS

Qatar has shut down 12 Kenyan employment agencies that were found to have violated the law. The closure of the agencies follows pressure from both the Kenyan government and trade unions to ensure better treatment of migrant workers in the Middle East. The move was announced during a meeting between…

The Biden administration plans to introduce new regulations that would offer relief to immigrants depending on public benefits and trying to obtain legal status. The proposed rules limit the number of public benefits that can be used against an immigrant to deny them permanent US residency or green…

Detectives from the Transnational and Organized Crime unit have rescued 108 Ethiopian nationals suspected to be victims of human trafficking. Acting on intelligence reports, the detectives based at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters traced the victims to a house in…

Kenya could soon experience a migration of highly trained individuals such as doctors and scientists to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The wealthy Gulf state is wooing such individuals from Kenya and other parts of the world with a long-term residence visa as part of efforts to develop its economy…

Kenya has extended the deadline for phasing out the old-generation passport to November 2022. Director-General of Immigration Services Alexander Muteshi announced the extension through a press release on Friday. Muteshi says the decision was arrived at during the 41st Ordinary Meeting of the East…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested 91 Ethiopian nationals for being in the country illegally. The 91 foreigners, including 55 adults and 44 juveniles, were found in a house within Milimani estate in Kitengela, Kajiado County on Sunday. The arrest followed…

The number of countries that holders of the Kenyan passport cannot access has dropped to 40 from 43 in October and 54 in July last year. The Henley Passport Index, which regularly monitors the world’s most travel-friendly passports, made the revelations in its final report of 2021. Even though…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has indefinitely suspended all inbound flights from Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria due to COVID-19 concerns. The directive announced by the UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) and the General Civil Aviation…

The United States has issued a holiday security alert for citizens planning to visit Kenya and those in the country. In a notice dated December 20th, the US Embassy in Nairobi said there was the potential for increased crime and acts of violent extremism in Kenya during the holiday season. “Planned…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has placed Kenya on its red alert list following the detection of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. As a result, persons traveling to the Gulf state from Kenya will face stricter travel requirements to enter the country. The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority says…