
Mourning mother's anger at Kenyan migrant smugglers
created: May 7, 2025, midnight | updated: May 8, 2025, 7:26 a.m.
Mourning mother's anger at Kenyan migrant smugglersAs the sun set over Lake Turkana, a mother sobbed and threw flowers into the greenish-blue water to remember her teenage daughter who had drowned trying to reach Kenya via a new route being used by people smugglers.
The girl had been travelling with her sister, who survived the late-night crossing over the vast lake, where winds can be powerful.
"If the smugglers told me there was such a big and dangerous lake in Kenya, I wouldn't have let my daughters come this far," Ms Senait told the BBC as she sat on the western shoreline.
A female smuggler in Kenya confirmed to the BBC that Lake Turkana was increasingly being used as an illegal crossing for the migrants.
With Kenya having stepped up patrols on its roads, smugglers are now turning to Lake Turkana to get migrants into the country.
1 month, 1 week ago: BBC News