Uganda: Treatment of returnees who left their country illegally and taken up residence in another country
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | UGA6265 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Uganda: Treatment of returnees who left their country illegally and taken up residence in another country, 1 July 1990, UGA6265, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab0e14.html [accessed 1 June 2023] |
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According to several sources, in mid-March 1987, President Moi of Kenya ordered a crackdown on all aliens living illegally in Kenya, accusing them of "perpetrating acts of violence" in the country. Following the President's directives, Kenyan police deported or detained thousands of foreigners, including over 600 Ugandan nationals.( Keesing's Record of World Events 1987 (London: Longman Group UK Ltd., 1987), p. 35431; "Ugandans Deported From Kenya", BBC Monitoring Service, Summary of World Broadcasts, 2 April 1987). In April 1989, when 238 Ugandan refugees were forcibly repatriated from Kenya, the Ugandan government detained about 60 of them (US State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1989, p.408)
For more information, please find copies of the attached excerpts from the following documents:
-"Kenya: Asks Uganda to Take Back Refugees", Inter Press Service, 3 October 1987.
-U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1989, Washington: U.S. Government Printers, 1990, pp. 406-412.
"Kenyan Police Accused of Complicity in Kidnapping of Ugandans", The Washington Post, 2 October 1984.
