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Kenya begins process of repatriating one million Somali refugees
[Shabelle] Kenya will host a major international conference in August to discuss on modalities of repatriating more than one million Somali refugees to their country.The conference, which will be held in the second week of August, will be co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya, Somali and UNHCR with the International Organization for Immigration (IOM) being invited. Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed Monday revealed that a group of international organizations are already mapping out safe places for the refugees to resettle; saying the exercise will be conducted in the most humane manner. Ambassador Amina said that currently there are over one million Somali refugees, of which 600,000 are formally registered. She said that the organizations have already compiled documents and reports on the places of origin for the refugees, a half of whom he added crossed the border to Kenya in the last two years. "What I am happy about is that 50 percent of these are willing to voluntarily return but we want to do it in an orderly and most humane manner which upholds the dignity to our visitors," the minister said. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-18 |
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