CategoriesMigrant NewsKenya’s former Justice Minister Martha Karua, former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, along with civil society actors Hussein Khalid and Hanifa Adan were denied entry at Julius Nyerere International Airport earlier this week. Kenyan human rights activists, including a former justice minister, were denied entry to Tanzania over the weekend and on Monday 19, as they […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsThe move has raised speculations on how exactly Rwanda is set to benefit but the Rwandan government through Nduhungirehe said the talks were “not new to us” as Rwanda had previously agreed to accept migrants deported by the UK. Rwanda is in talks with United States of America to take in deported migrants according to […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsThe Mastercard Foundation has today, April 29, 2025, announced a $300 million strategic partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, that will enable more than half a million refugees and displaced youth across Africa to complete their education and 200,000 young people to transition into dignified work by 2030. The Mastercard Foundation has today, April […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsBorn in Argentina, and being the first Latin American elected as Pope in over 1,300 years, Pope Francis made caring for migrants a hallmark of his papacy. Across his 12 years of service, he was constantly vocal on the issue of migration further advocating for fairer and better migration policies, human dignity and upholding of […]
CategoriesMigrant News NarrativesIn Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, Uganda, women and men are reshaping traditional roles, proving that household chores and income generation are responsibilities to be shared rather than assigned by gender. For centuries, gender roles have been deeply ingrained in society, with men and women assigned specific responsibilities that were rarely questioned. However, societal development, changing family […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsIn a statement dubbed “Defending America’s Security through Visa and Travel Restrictions on South Sudan,” released on April 5, 2025, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio noted; ‘Effective immediately, the United States Department of State is taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further issuance to prevent […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsIn a statement to the BBC, the Home Office said it has “robust new action against shameless employers who abuse the visa system” and will “ban businesses who flout UK employment laws from sponsoring overseas workers.” Secret Filming by BBC’s Investigations team has revealed how recruitment agents are scamming foreigners and especially West Africans with […]
CategoriesMigrant NewsThese scams, often orchestrated by organized crime syndicates, involve luring individuals with false job offers and then coercing them into participating in fraudulent activities. This article comes at a time when 48 Kenyans rescued from Myanmar have arrived home and 77 others still awaiting repatriation, by press time. East Africans, including Kenyans, have fallen victim […]
CategoriesNarratives“I realized these may not be very comfortable conversations to have, so I started with the people I went to the gym with. We would meet in my house, and just talk. I created that safe space for women to open up because I knew if they can remove their shoes, they can open their […]
CategoriesNarrativesI spent hours browsing the internet for details about the company to no avail. Kennedy was nowhere to be found; our agent in Kenya kept reassuring us that we would soon find jobs. Whenever he called me, he changed his tone, and became more aggressive and threatening. He threatened to have us deported, so we […]
