Kenya: Government to ensure youths appearing as refugees get IDs

Published: 17/Dec/2015
Source: Hivisasa

The Interior Ministry has formed a task force to address concerns raised by youth in Garissa County in getting national identity cards after their fingerprints appeared in the refugees database.

Garissa County Commissioner James Kianda said the task force formed will seek to establish the number of genuine Kenyans who registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as refugees in the region.

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Themes: Identity Documents, ID Documents and Passports, Nationality and Refugees
Regions: East Africa, Kenya
Year: 2015