UN’s refugee agency,UNHCR says Kenya’s is not closing down Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps but it wants a solution and also know what the way forward is.
UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi spoe while visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, to assess the problems that refugees are currently facing in the region.
In Rwanda on Sunday, Grandi told journalists that they have had very good discussion with the government of Kenya adding that the UN refugee agency has submitted to Kenya plans for the future of the two camps.
He said he thinks the government of Kenya will continue to provide hospitality but understandably they want to have a strategy for the future and the discussions continue.
Last month, Kenya gave a 14-day ultimatum for UNHCR to close Dadaab and Kakuma camps, citing national security concerns, and the interior ministry said “there was no room for further negotiations”.
In April, Kenya’s High Court also temporarily blocked the closure of the two refugee camps that host more than 400,000 people.
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