Citizenship and immigration Act, 2011, Employment Act, 2007 and Labour Institutions Act. Regulations

To facilitate legal channels of migration, Kenya passed the Citizenship and immigration Act, 2011, the Employment Act, 2007 and the Labour Institutions Act. Regulations governing private recruitment agencies require recruitment agencies to charge from their principals a service fee to cover services rendered in the recruitment, documentation and placement of workers so that the migrant workers are not burdened with this cost. In the case of foreign employment, the employer or the agent is responsible for meeting the cost of the Visa fees, airfare, surety bond and medical examination for the job seeker.

For more information: 

• https://admin.theiguides.org/Media/Documents/ImmigrationCitizenshipAct2…
• http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/Acts/EmploymentAct_Cap226…
• https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/5ebd10194.pdf

GFMD 2014-2015 - Thematic Meeting 1 "Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda"