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Asylum Seekers Among Stranded Migrants in Kenya as Ruto Orders Crackdown on Foreign Small Businesses

Many asylum seekers from Burundi and other countries who had turned to small businesses after USAID pulled out of Kenya last year now find themselves stranded, following President William Ruto’s recent declaration that foreigners should not run petty trade or hawking ventures — a directive that has forced some to abandon their livelihoods and even […]

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From Barbershops to Boda-Bodas: How East Africa’s Migrants Are Shaping Kenyan Cities

In 2025, Kenya hosts over 824,000 refugees and asylum seekers, according to UNHRC Organization, a growing number of whom are from Burundi and Rwanda. Most don’t arrive on front-page headlines. They walk. They ride. They blend. The East African Community’s free movement protocols were supposed to smooth cross-border movement—but for many, especially the undocumented, the […]