Massive deportations against the Oromo community in Somaliland

During daybreak simultaneous operations against the Oromo community on Tuesday in some towns in Somaliland.
These operations against the Oromo community took place on the streets, in the markets in their dwelling places and at their work places.
The reason behind their arrest is said to be not having legitimate residence in Somaliland and occupying most of the low class jobs in the towns of which some citizens in Somaliland are in need of.

Horn Cable TV visited at the headquarters of the migration department which is one of the points which the collected Oromo community was taken to and registered in a registration book.

At the headquarters of the migration department there were not less than 300 Oromo people who were arrested on Tuesday morning in downtown Hargeisa and its outskirts.

Horn Cable TV had the access to have an interview with one of the detained Oromos.

“My names are Ahmed Mohamed I am from Ethiopia and living here in Hargeisa for awhile, the citizens of Somaliland are good people and now I am excited to go back to my native country Ethiopia” said Ahmed.

One of the other towns in which the swoop took place is Eynaba the headquarters of Saraar region, and in that operation 380 people of whom the majority of them were Oromo have been detained.

Before they were intercepted these people were on illegal migration move according to the intelligence personnel in the region.
On the other hand there was similar operation conducted in Wajale town which is located in the boarder between Ethiopia and Somaliland.

The immigration officer in Somaliland has verified the operations and said that the citizens from other countries who are in Somaliland without valid residence or approval permit for their stay in Somaliland will be deported back to their countries of origin, and for those who are intending to stay in Somaliland will be given residence document.

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