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Kenya:
'Reconsider Displacing 350,000 Refugees'
UN News, 14 April 2015
The United Nations refugee agency today urged Kenyan authorities to reconsider their decision to shut down within the next three months Dadaab refugee camps, a decision that would… Read more »
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Kenya:
Kenya Orders Somali Refugee Camp Sheltering Thousands to Move
IPS, 14 April 2015
The United Nations, which is sheltering over 600,000 refugees from war-torn Somalia, has been ordered by Kenyan authorities to relocate the camp in three months. Read more »
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Kenya:
UN Can Help Refugees in Somalia, Says Mathira MP
The Star, 14 April 2015
MATHIRA MP Peter Weru has said he supports the government directive to close the Dadaab refugee camp. Read more »
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Kenya:
Closing Dadaab Camp Won't Stop Attacks, Says Five MPs
The Star, 14 April 2015
Five MPs have opposed Deputy President William Ruto's, order to the UNHCR to close the Dadaab refugee camp. Read more »
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Kenya:
Closing Dadaab Will Not Fix Insecurity
The Star, 13 April 2015
DEPUTY President William Ruto over the weekend said that the UNHCR has three months to close Dadaab refugee camp, or the government will itself relocate the refugees back to… Read more »
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Kenya:
Repatriation Threat Alarms Somali Refugees in Kenya
UNIRIN, 13 April 2015
A threat from Kenya's deputy president to send back hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees in the wake of the Garissa university shooting has prompted alarm in the camps and… Read more »
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Kenya:
Kenya's Dadaab, the World's Largest Refugee Camp, Isn't Going Anywhere Yet
Daily Maverick, 12 April 2015
After the horrific attack on Garissa University, Kenya's under-fire administration has found a scapegoat. 600,000 scapegoats, in fact. Read more »
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Kenya:
We Are in Control, Ruto Says On Security
Capital FM, 12 April 2015
Deputy President William Ruto has assured the country that the government has put enough security measures in all universities to ensure there is no repeat of Garissa attack that… Read more »
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Kenya:
Demand to Move Somali Refugees 'A Tall Order'
Al Jazeera, 11 April 2015
Kenya has urged the United Nations to remove a camp housing more than half a million Somali refugees within three months, as part of a response to the recent killing of 148 people… Read more »
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Kenya:
Kenya Must Better Respect Somali Population to Avoid Another Garissa
African Arguments, 10 April 2015
On 1 April, Al-Shabaab gunmen attacked Garissa University College killing 147 Muslims and non-Muslim students alike. The gunmen attempted a feeble show of doing a religious test;… Read more »
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Kenya:
Shift Daadab Camp to Somalia, Urge Murang'a MCAs
The Star, 9 April 2015
The government should start relocating the Dadaab refugee camp to Somalia, Murang'a MCAs have said. Read more »