South Africa deports 7 Kenyans for working on US refugee applications

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South African authorities arrested seven Kenyan nationals during a raid on a Johannesburg processing centre, alleging they entered on tourist visas.

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South Africa on Wednesday said its authorities had arrested and would deport seven Kenyan nationals illegally working on processing refugee applications for the US government.

President Donald Trump's administration aims to bring thousands of white South Africans to the United States under a resettlement programme it started this year, on the basis of claims that they are victims of racial persecution. South Africa's government strongly denies this.