Information on the screening of Somalis since 1990 [KEN11840]

According to the Africa Research Bulletin (1-30 June 1991), hundreds of Somalis were rounded up on 16 June 1991 reportedly to screen those people entering Kenya illegally (Ibid., 10175). An article in Africa Events (Sept. 1992) further reports that Somali refugees in Kenya have been the object of abuse and harassment by Kenyan police:
On the weekend of August 15/16, the police burst into the temporary homes of 2,000 Somali and Ethiopian refugees in Nairobi and Mombasa, rounded them up, forced them to board lorries at gunpoint after which they were driven to refugee camps. Families were separated and many small children left abandoned. The police were apparently in search of any "Somali-looking person" in areas with large groups, such as Eastleigh, South C and Koma Rock (Ibid., 8).

For further information on this topic, please refer to the attached documents:

References

Africa Events [London]. September 1992. "Unbder Siege: Fleeing Their Country in Search of a Safe Haven, the Somali Refugees Meet More Horrors in the Sanctuaries Abroad."

Africa Research Bulletin: Political Series [London]. 1-30 June 1990. Vol. 29, No. 7. ""Refugees Crackdown."

Attachments

Africa Events [London]. September 1992. "Unbder Siege: Fleeing Their Country in Search of a Safe Haven, the Somali Refugees Meet More Horrors in the Sanctuaries Abroad."

Africa Research Bulletin: Political Series [London]. 1-30 June 1990. Vol. 29, No. 7. ""Refugees Crackdown."