Kenyan police rescue 70 foreign nationals in Nairobi human trafficking raid

ISTANBUL

Kenyan police have rescued 70 foreign nationals, mostly Ethiopians, who were being held in a house in Nairobi by a suspected human trafficking ring, police said on Thursday.

Following a tip-off, officers freed the foreign nationals, including 66 Ethiopians and four Eritreans, who were confined in a house in Ruai area, police said on US social media platform X.

One Kenyan suspect was arrested in connection with the case.

Kenya is a key transit hub for migrants from the Horn of Africa, many of whom leave home each year seeking jobs in South Africa, the Gulf states, or Europe.

Traffickers, often working through loose networks that include local facilitators, lure them with promises of safe passage and well-paying jobs.