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13 Ethiopians due in court over illegal status [Capital FM Kenya (press release)]

, NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31 – Thirteen Ethiopian nationals arrested in a house within Parklands are due in court Thursday morning for being in the country illegally.

ethiopians-in-kenya-at-milimani-law-courtsPolice said they had rented a house and stayed there while waiting emigrate to South Africa.

They pointed out that they are looking for the smuggler behind the syndicate and that those arrested will face various charges before they are deported.

Police and immigration officials have decried increased cases in which Ethiopian aliens are nabbed in the country while on transit to either Tanzania or South Africa.

Police face difficulties in dealing with the aliens because they cannot speak in Swahili and English.

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