In the shadow of presidential rhetoric targeting foreign traders, hundreds of undocumented East African migrants converged on Kenya's embassy seeking shelter from feared enforcement — a human tide that moved the government to act. Rather than pursue the crackdown that had sparked such alarm, Nairobi announced a temporary amnesty, opening a window for undocumented residents to regularize their status without fear of immediate prosecution. The gesture quiets an urgent panic, but leaves unanswered the deeper question of how a nation reconciles economic nationalism with the migrant communities wov
Kenya grants temporary amnesty to undocumented migrants amid trader crackdown fears
Hundreds of undocumented migrants experienced fear and displacement, seeking refuge at embassies due to crackdown concerns.