US refugee centre raided

A centre in South Africa processing applications for the United States refugee programme was raided by immigration and law enforcement officers and seven Kenyan nationals were arrested for working there illegally, South Africa’s Home Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday. The centre in Johannesburg was processing applications by white South Africans under the Trump administration’s new programme, giving them priority for refugee status in the US. The Kenyans were working at the centre alongside US officials despite entering South Africa on tourist visas, which did not allow them to work, the Home Affairs Ministry said in a statement. It said no US officials were arrested in the raid on Tuesday, and it was not a diplomatic site. The raid is bound to increase tensions between the US and South Africa.