#Kenya to close refugee camps, displacing more than 600,000
Kenya will close all refugee camps, a move that would displace more than 600,000 people living there, the government announced Friday.
The decision includes #Dadaab, the largest such camp in the world. It’s home to more than 300,000 people on the Kenya-Somalia border.
▻http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/06/africa/kenya-closing-refugee-camps/index.html
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Kenya Says It Will Shut Down The World’s Largest Refugee Camp
Kenya says it plans to shut down two refugee camps, including the world’s largest, due to security concerns. The announcement was swiftly condemned by human rights groups that say the move puts some of the world’s most vulnerable people at risk.
UNHCR appeals to Kenya over decision to end refugee hosting
The Ministry of Interior made the announcement on May 6 in a statement that cited economic, security and environmental burdens. It said the Government had disbanded its Department of Refugee Affairs and was working on a mechanism for the closure of Kenya’s refugee camps – a move that could affect as many as 600,000 lives.
Kenya to close all refugee camps and displace 600,000 people
’This reckless decision by the Kenyan government is an abdication of its duty to protect the vulnerable and will put thousands of lives at risk,’ Amnesty International warns
►http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/kenya-refugee-camp-closure-dadaab-worlds-largest-a7019461.html
NGOs urge government of Kenya to reconsider intended closure of refugee camps
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) providing assistance to refugees in Kenya acknowledge the hospitality and responsibility that the Government of Kenya has borne over decades. Despite the huge economic and social pressure, Kenya continues to host close to 600,000 refugees and asylum seekers from neighbouring countries, the majority being from Somalia and South Sudan. The Burundi conflict has also led to an influx of refugees from the country into the Kakuma camp. Fifty-six percent of this current refugee population in Kenya comprises women, children and the youth who are particularly vulnerable to exploitation and abuse while in displacement. The acceptance of refugees in Dadaab, Kakuma and those living in urban settings is a reflection of good practice and gesture exhibited by the Government of Kenya and host communities over the years.
Dispatches: Scapegoating Refugees in Kenya
Now Kenya, home to almost 600,000 refugees – two thirds from Somalia – seems ready to join the bandwagon of European states failing to uphold their obligations to refugees and asylum seekers. On May 6, Kenyan officials stated – not for the first time – that Kenya would stop hosting refugees and close refugee camps due to environmental, economic, and security concerns.
▻https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/05/11/dispatches-scapegoating-refugees-kenya
Ein Flüchtlingslager der Grösse Zürichs umsiedeln
Kenias Regierung will in Kürze mit der Räumung des grössten Flüchtlingscamps der Welt beginnen. Ein Experte nennt gute Gründe, die «Stadt der Verlorenen» zu retten.
▻http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/naher-osten-und-afrika/pEin-Fluechtlingslager-der-Groesse-Zuerichs-umsiedelnp/story/14566910
Prise de parole du président kényan :
▻http://www.interior.go.ke/?p=3113
Kenya Is Trying To Close The World’s Biggest Refugee Camp And This Is Why
Kenya recently announced it will close the world’s biggest refugee camp. It’s a move it’s threatened before, but this year, it has some unexpected leverage: Europe.
▻https://www.buzzfeed.com/jinamoore/whats-behind-kenyas-plan-to-close-down-the-worlds-biggest-re
Kenya’s Push to Close World’s Largest Refugee Camp Fuels a Sense of Displacement
As Western allies question plan, Dadaab’s largely Somali residents, some of whom have never lived anywhere else, worry about where they might go
▻http://www.wsj.com/articles/kenyas-push-to-close-worlds-largest-refugee-camp-fuels-a-sense-of-displacement-
Inside the world’s biggest refugee camp
Dadaab was meant as a temporary home for Somalis fleeing their country’s civil war. Twenty five years later, it’s home to 330,000 people - and the third biggest city in Kenya. This week, the Kenyan government announced plans to try and close it down.
Why is the cost of hosting refugees falling on the world’s poorest states?
As long as rich nations pay lip service to meeting the needs of the world’s displaced, they cannot blame Kenya for closing refugee camps like Dadaab
▻http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/may/13/why-is-the-cost-of-hosting-refugees-falling-on-poorest-states-kenya-dad
Story of cities #44: will Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, really close?
Twenty-five years after it opened, Kenya has announced its third biggest ‘city’, the Dadaab refugee complex, is to be shut down. But for many residents, this sprawling slum in an inhospitable desert is the only home they know
▻http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/17/story-of-cities-44-dadaab-kenya-worlds-largest-refugee-camp-closed?CMP=
Kenya: Refugees face police persecution and death after disbanding of Department of Refugee Affairs
Refugees in Kenya are facing the risk of arrests, and death, after the government disbanded the Department of Refugee Affairs (DRA) – which delivered official movement passes to those wishing to leave camps – earlier in the month.
▻http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kenya-refugees-face-police-persecution-death-after-disbanding-department-
Somali refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab camp may die trying to cross Mediterranean
Somalis are the second largest group of Africans perishing trying to cross the Mediterranean and the closure of the Dadaab camp, the world’s largest refugee settlement, will only add to the migration crisis in Europe as many of those displaced will make their way to European shores, aid organisations have warned.
▻http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/somali-refugees-kenyas-dadaab-camp-may-die-trying-cross-mediterranean-156
Will Kenya really close Dadaab?
If the Kenyan government is bluffing over its announcement that it will close Dadaab refugee camp by November and repatriate 350,000 Somalis back across the border, then it’s a more elaborate ruse than usual.
▻https://www.irinnews.org/analysis/2016/05/19/will-kenya-really-close-dadaab
Closing Dadaab will dishonour 2013 deal on refugees, Kenya told
Somalia has asked Kenya to respect the 2013 Tripartite Agreement on repatriation of refugees in its bid to shut down the Dadaab camp.
▻http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/05/24/closing-dadaab-will-dishonour-2013-deal-on-refugees-kenya-told_c1355769
Kenya’s threat to close its refugee camps could be real this time
Kenya is threatening to close the world’s largest refugee camp and send some 600,000 people back to the wars, drought, or famine from which they fled. Citing the “very heavy economic, security and environmental burdens” it has borne on behalf of the region and international community, Kenya said its time “hosting refugees has come to an end” in a statement late last week.
▻http://qz.com/680032/kenyas-threats-to-close-the-worlds-largest-refugee-camp-could-be-real-this-time
Kenya’s threat to close Dadaab camp plays on international refugee fears
The Kenyan government says that it plans to close Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp. It had also threatened to close the country’s other major refugee camp, Kakuma, but has subsequently said it won’t. Speaking at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Deputy President William Ruto declared that Dadaab will be closed by the end of the year.
▻https://theconversation.com/kenyas-threat-to-close-dadaab-camp-plays-on-international-refugee-f
Au Kenya, la fermeture du camp de Dadaab en question
En annonçant la fermeture du camp de Dadaab pour des raisons de sécurité, le gouvernement kenyan hypothèque encore plus l’avenir d’une population estimée entre 300.000 et 500.000 réfugiés, menacés de rapatriement en Somalie. Entretien avec Léon Salumu, responsable des interventions pour MSF au Kenya.
▻https://blogs.mediapart.fr/msf/blog/010616/au-kenya-la-fermeture-du-camp-de-dadaab-en-question-0
Feature : Somali refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab camp fear repatriation
A section of the more than 300,000 Somali refugees living in Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp in northeastern Kenya, have expressed fears the planned closure of the camp will have far reaching effects on their lives.
▻http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-06/11/c_135428362.htm
In partnership, we will bring Somali refugees home
The parties involved are determined to resettle Dadaab residents, but in a dignified, orderly way.
Somalia’s prime minister: ‘We don’t want Kenya to push [out] refugees’
The government of Kenya has come under intense criticism from the United Nations and human rights groups for announcing that it will shut down Dadaab refugee camp by November, which, with nearly 400,000 residents, is the largest in the world. Critics have said that Kenya is unfairly blaming Somalian refugees for al-Shabab terrorist attacks and is making a grave mistake by threatening to send refugees back into areas of Somalia still ravaged by the Islamist terrorist group. Kenya threatened to close the camp last year, after an al-Shabab attack on Garissa University killed 147 people; it later backed down on its decision. But this time, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said, according to a spokesman, “the decision to repatriate the refugees is final.” On Monday, Somalia’s prime minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, sat down with The Post and discussed the decision to close Dadaab.
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/06/15/somalias-prime-minister-we-dont-want-kenya-to-push-out-refugees/?postshare=5271466176014838&tid=ss_tw
Somali Refugees Struggle in Shadow of Forced Return
Kenya’s November deadline to shut down camps and repatriate Somali refugees leaves a community living in dangerous limbo, with some contemplating escape to Europe.
▻https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/06/23/somali-refugees-struggle-in-shadow-of-forced-return?platform=hootsuite
Dadaab returnees will leave camps voluntarily, says UNHCR
In Kenya, moves are continuing to encourage about 320,000 Somali nationals to leave Dadaab, one of the biggest camp complexes in the world for displaced people, the UN Refugee Agency said Monday.
▻http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/2016/06/dadaab-returnees-will-leave-camps-voluntarily-says-unhcr
Four ways closing the world’s largest refugee camp will hurt Kenya
Kenya is getting closer to realizing its goal of closing the world’s largest refugee camp. This week, president Uhuru Kenyatta met with United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon to discuss Kenya’s widely criticized decision. According to Kenyan officials, Ban told Kenyatta that the UN understands Kenya’s desire to close the camp and would seek funds to ensure the safe repatriation of refugees.
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▻http://qz.com/709079/four-ways-closing-the-worlds-largest-refugee-camp-will-hurt-kenya
The Other Refugee Crisis
FOR the past five years I have been visiting the world’s largest refugee camp, a city made of mud and sticks the size of New Orleans called Dadaab, in northeastern Kenya. The camp was established in 1991 as a temporary refuge for around 90,000 people fleeing Somalia’s civil war. Today it is home to half a million.
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116 Somali refugees from Kenya land in Mogadishu, spearheading new phase of voluntary repatriation
The arrival at Mogadishu International Airport today of 116 Somali refugees from Kenya marks a new chapter in the voluntary return process. Earlier in the morning, the two planes took off from Dadaab in Northeastern Kenya, the largest refugee settlement in the world, still hosting 333,000 Somali refugees. This is the result of efforts by the Tripartite Commission formed by UNHCR and the Governments of Kenya and Somalia, to step up support for voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees.
