Kenya: Govt Can Turn the Dadaab Refugee Camps Into an Asset

London — Over the past few weeks, Kenyan government ministers have made persistent calls for the country's Somali refugees to be "resettled" inside Somalia. These calls echo the sentiments of President Mwai Kibaki, who said at February's London conference on Somalia: "Kenya can no longer continue carrying the burden."

But is the refugee presence in Kenya really a burden? Could it not be a force for development there? If Kenya's government approached the refugee issue as part of its development strategy, it could yield a win-win situation.

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