Kenya: State ordered to delist 100s of Kenyans from refugee register

Published: 21/Jan/2025
Source: Business Daily (Nairobi)

By Sam Kiplagat

The government has been ordered to remove the names of hundreds of Kenyans who registered as refugees from the refugee data base.

High Court Judge John Onyiego said the government agencies should ensure the names of victims of double registration who have been screened, vetted, cleared and declared to be Kenyan citizens are struck from the refugees’ data base within 60 days.

The judge said the victims should subsequently issued with necessary registration and identification documents among them, national identity cards or passports.

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Themes: Acquisition by children, Nationality and Refugees, Statelessness
Regions: Kenya
Year: 2025