kenya: Government Sweep of Foreigners Puts Refugees at Risk

Kenyan authorities are threatening to repatriate hundreds of Ethiopian and Somali refugees rounded up in a police sweep in Nairobi on May 30, 2002. If returned, many could face arbitrary arrest, torture, and other serious abuses in their countries of origin. "The Kenyan government must not return people to the hands of their abusers," said Alison Parker, refugee policy fellow at Human Rights Watch.