Repatriation to Kenya

We were contacted by a journalist regarding a Kenyan national who needed support in Saudi Arabia. He had been promised a job as a taxi driver but upon arrival he was told by the recruiting agency that there is no job and that he must pay “release money” and his ticket to return home.

He was recruited by a family member who he paid for this “opportunity” and with a visa of only 90 days duration.

We supported the negotiations with the recruiting agency to return home and collaborated with an organisation in Kenya to also put pressure in the recruitment office in Kenya and offer reintegration support. We also were in touch with the family to facilitate all logistics.

He returned on August 2nd, 2022. He was picked up by the organisation and he referred his friend who was in the same situation as him in Saudi.