Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Camp Closure Imminent - UN
A leaked UN report has said that the Kenyan government is planning the closure of Dadaab, once the world's largest refugee camp, which has almost 210,000 people, in 2019 writes Nila Bhalla for Thomas Reuters Foundation. The UN, Amnesty International and other organizations have warned that countries like Somalia would not be able to accept the return of refugees who fled a civil war in 1991, given the current political situation in that country.
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Somalia:
Somalia Not Ready for Massive Refugee Return, UN Warns
Radio Dalsan, 29 March 2019
The U.N. refugee agency has warned that a large-scale return of refugees from Kenya's Dadaab camp could exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in parts of Somalia. Read more »
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Somalia:
Govt Not Ready for Massive Refugee Return, UN Warns
VOA, 29 March 2019
The U.N. refugee agency has warned that a large-scale return of refugees from Kenya's Dadaab camp could exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in parts of Somalia. Read more »
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Kenya:
Reverse Move to Close Refugee Camp
HRW, 27 March 2019
The Kenyan government should abandon a renewed push to close the enormous Dadaab refugee camp, Human Rights Watch said today. The move threatens the rights and safety of 250,000… Read more »
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Somalia:
Kenya Plans to Close World's Biggest Refugee Camp Dadaab
Shabelle, 27 March 2019
Kenya plans to shutter the world's largest refugee camp, home to nearly a quarter of a million people, in the next few months, according to an internal UN document seen by AFP… Read more »
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Kenya:
Global Restructuring At UNHCR to Affect Kenya
East African, 2 March 2019
Employees at the Kenyan office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will this month find out whether they still have jobs in the ongoing global restructuring. Read more »
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Kenya:
Dialogue Best Option in Kenya-Somalia Tiff
Nation, 18 February 2019
The diplomatic row pitting Kenya against Somalia arising from a protracted maritime territorial dispute is, to say the least, most unfortunate. The two neighbours are akin to… Read more »
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Kenya:
Police Trace Dusit Attack Suspects to Dadaab
Nation, 4 February 2019
Twenty days after the terrorist attack at Nairobi's DusitD2 complex, intelligence sources say that 12 suspects have been arrested at the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp -- signalling… Read more »
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According to Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey, the UN Refugee Agency special envoy, the UN is trying to mitigate the pressures the government faces in keeping Dadaab open - for ... Read more »
