KNCHR opposes closure of Garissa refugee camps

A file photo of Somali refugees at the Ifo camp in Dadaab near the Kenya-Somalia border, May 8, 2015. /REUTERS
A file photo of Somali refugees at the Ifo camp in Dadaab near the Kenya-Somalia border, May 8, 2015. /REUTERS

Kenya’s decision to close refugee camps is “blatantly illegal”, the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights has said.

The agency said the disbandment of the Department of Refugee Affairs without amending or repealing the law that created it leaves the refugee management system in “utter disarray”.

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