By Glam & Essence
Following the decision of President Donald Trump to embark on a deportation mission on illegal immigrants living in the United States of America, a list of the African countries, including Nigeria, targeted for deportation has been made public.
Already, President Trump, has started to make good his vow to deport illegal immigrants from Latin America and Asia, as ICE have been raiding workplaces, schools and several others places in the country to arrest people they suspect to be residing illegally in America.
The continent of Africa isn’t spared as a document published by the U.S. immigration office suggests that Africans could soon be targeted in the aggressive deportation campaign of the administration.
The document contains a list of 53 African countries whose citizens are affected in the speculated deportations, while only
DR Congo is said to be the only African country spared from the envisaged exercise.
Attached is the list of African countries and the number of citizens said to be targeted by the Trump administration,with about 3,690 Nigerians targeted for deportation.
The list of illegal immigrants from Africa for Deportation :
1. SOMALIA – 4, 090
2. MAURITANIA – 3, 822
3. NIGERIA – 3, 690
4. GHANA – 3, 228
5. MALI – 1, 929
6. GUINEA – 1, 897
7. CAMEROON – 1, 736
8. ETHIOPIA – 1, 713
9. SENEGAL – 1, 689
10. LIBERIA – 1, 563
11. SIERRA LEONE – 1, 563
12. EGYPT – 1, 461
13. KENYA – 1, 282
14. IVORY COAST – 1, 224
15. GAMBIA – 1, 035
16. SUDAN – 1, 012
17. ERITREA – 973
18. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE – 795
19. ANGOLA – 662
20. NIGER – 642
21. ZIMBABWE – 545
22. MOROCCO – 495
23. BURUNDI – 462
24. TOGO – 427
25. UGANDA – 393
26. SOUTH AFRICA – 379
27. RWANDA – 338
28. CAPE VERDE – 314
29. ALGERIA – 306
30. TANZANIA – 301
31. BURKINA FASO – 303
32. ZAMBIA – 174
33. CHAD – 169
34. TUNISIA – 160
35. SOUTH SUDAN – 136
36. BENIN – 102
37. LIBYA – 89
38. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – 82
39. GABON – 60
40. MALAWI – 56
41. GUINEA BISSAU – 48
42. DJIBOUTI – 29
43. EQUATORIAL GUINEA – 20
44. NAMIBIA – 19
45. MAURITIUS – 15
46. MOZAMBIQUE – 14
47. BOTSWANA – 12
48. LESOTHO – 11
49. ESWATINI – 6
50. MADAGASCAR – 5
51. SEYCHELLES – 4
52. COMOROS – 3
53. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE – 1

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