Kenya: in the overcrowded Dadaab camp, the extreme precariousness of thousands of Somali refugees


A Somali refugee in Dadaab camp in Kenya AFP – BOBB HEIR

Between 400 and 500 people arrive every day in the huge refugee camp in the town of Dadaab, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Most are fleeing Somalia because of drought and insecurity. But faced with this influx, the Dadaab site is saturated and the NGOs, for lack of funding, are unable to meet the basic needs of some 350,000 refugees.

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