[PHOTOS] Kenya, Somalia meet over refugee crisis

In Summary

• The meeting comes hot on the heels of a report by UNHCR saying some 24,000 people have arrived in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps from Somalia.

• Adequate space in the camps, where the newly arrived are sheltered is running out, forcing many to reside in makeshift shelters.

by NANCY KAMAU

09 December 2022 - 16:36

Interior CS Kindiki Kithure on Friday hosted talks with International Organisation for Migration delegation.

The meeting was led by regional director for East & Horn of Africa, Muhammed Abdiker together with senior officials.

The discussion aimed at enhancing partnership on securing safe movement of persons between Kenya and Somalia.

The meeting comes hot on the heels of a report by UNHCR saying some 24,000 people have arrived in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps from Somalia.

The refugees are fleeing ongoing insecurity in Somalia and the unrelenting drought that is the longest and most severe in decades.

Adequate space in the camps, where the newly arrived are sheltered is running out, forcing many to reside in makeshift shelters.

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