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Kenya reportedly deports Somalis to border town

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The Kenyan government has deported several Somali men that have been arrested in recent crackdown on aliens in the capital, Nairobi.

"The Kenyan police arrested us from Eastleigh neighbourhood in Nairobi during a crackdown on Somali people just two weeks ago and we have been held in custody since then" said one of the deportees who declined to provide his name.

He adds, "we were brought before a court and the judge issued our deportation. There are some other Somali men who are also waiting to be deported,"

According to Haji Muhammad Yusuf, an elder in Dhobley, a Somali border town, the Somalis were brought on the border by a Kenyan military vehicle and then ordered to cross the border over into the Somalia.

Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua told reporters that his country will not weight down of the ongoing until it makes sure that all foreigners who are illegally in the country are flashed out.

On similar development, police in Mwingi town have arrested at least 38 Somalis, including seven children who were trying to reach the capital.

Officials said the arrested will be brought before a court and charged for being in the country illegally.

The crackdown on Somalis started on mid January shortly after the country witnessed a deadly riot that was staged by Muslims over the detention and subsequently deportation of a Jamaican cleric.

However, many Somalis viewed the crackdown as an economic war that is perpetuated by few individuals within the Kenyan government, who are not happy with the business success made by Somali population.

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