President Donald Trump has made clear his stance to deport all undocumented immigrants from the United States and Africans have suffered the most since he assumed office.
A year after Trump took office, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported a drop in the total number of deportations from 240,255 in 2016 to 226,119 in 2017. However, it is a different story for African immigrants.
President Donald Trump has made clear his stance to deport all undocumented immigrants from the United States and Africans have suffered the most since he assumed office.
The number of Africans sent back home has more than doubled from the previous year. Among the top 10 African countries on ICE’s list, deportations were as high as 140%. 756 people from these countries were deported in 2016 and the number jumped to 1815 people in 2017.
The top African country is the 13th on the ICE global list of removals by country or citizenship. The top country globally is Mexico followed by Guatemala and Honduras.
These are the top 10 African countries with the highest number of citizens deported from the United States.
Somalia
Somalia had most of its citizens – among other African countries – kicked out of the United States. It is also the 13th on the ICE list of removals by country.
198 Somalis were deported in 2016 and the number more than doubled in 2017 with 521 people.
Nigeria
242 Nigerians were deported in 2016 and the number increased to 312 in 2017.
Ghana
94 Ghanaians were deported in 2016 and the number increased to 305 in 2017.
Senegal
21 Senegalese were deported in 2016 and the number increased to 197 in 2017.
Liberia
27 Liberians were deported in 2016 and the number increased to 107 in 2017.
Kenya
63 Kenyans were deported in 2016 and the number increased to 103 in 2017.
Guinea
16 Guineans were deported in 2016 and the number increased to 88 in 2017.
Morocco
22 Moroccans were deported in 2016 and the number increased to 67 in 2017.
Cameroon
29 Cameroonians were deported in 2016 and the number increased to 58 in 2017.
Egypt
44 Egyptians were deported in 2016 and the number increased to 57 in 2017.
This article by Ismail Akwei was first published on face2faceafrica.com
Ismail Akwei 