Kenya Steps Back From Threat To Expel Somali Refugees The New York Times

Kenya Steps Back From Threat To Expel Somali Refugees The New York Times The threat was part of kenya’s response to the deadly april 2 attack on a university in garissa by fighters of the shabab, the militant group based in somalia. kenyan officials have called. Kenya steps back from threat to expel somali refugees. president uhuru kenyatta said there would be no forced repatriations from the dadaab complex of camps that houses more than 350,000 somalis.

Kenya Steps Back From Threat To Expel Somali Refugees The New York Times The threat posed by the shabab in somalia and kenya “is real, but that doesn’t negate kenya’s obligation to abide by international refugee law,” bill frelick, the refugee rights program. President uhuru kenyatta of kenya on wednesday softened a threat to expel hundreds of thousands of somali refugees within three months, saying there would be no forced repatriations. mr. kenyatta made the assurance after meetings with the top refugee official from the united nations. he also met with secretary of state john kerry here this week. But i argue that kenya has derogated from its responsibilities of protecting refugees by citing threats to national security. somali refugees forced back home face considerable risk. for example. The refugee act 2021. the president of kenya assented to the refugee act on november 17, 2021. the law affords refugees a raft of rights not included in kenya’s refugee act 2006. under the 2021 act, refugees have freedom of movement in the “designated area,” the right to work, rights, and property.

New Settlement Brings Hope To Somali Refugees Fleeing Conflict Unhcr But i argue that kenya has derogated from its responsibilities of protecting refugees by citing threats to national security. somali refugees forced back home face considerable risk. for example. The refugee act 2021. the president of kenya assented to the refugee act on november 17, 2021. the law affords refugees a raft of rights not included in kenya’s refugee act 2006. under the 2021 act, refugees have freedom of movement in the “designated area,” the right to work, rights, and property. The dadaab refugee camps, located north of kenya, have been home to hundreds of thousands of refugees from somalia since 1991. the camps represent a cycle of cross border movement, with some thousands of refugees returning to somalia over the years due to improved conditions, while insecurity and drought have driven others back to the camps. For 30 years, kenya has hosted more than 750,000 refugees from somalia, south sudan, the democratic republic of congo (drc), and burundi. while most live in the kakuma and dadaab refugee camps, a.