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Somalia Region ‘Blocks Return’ Of Refugees From Dadaab
[NEWSWEEK] The interior minister of Somalia’s Jubbaland region has said that the state has blocked the repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya due to inadequate humanitarian provisions.More than 300,000 refugees are currently residing in a complex of refugee camps in Dadaab, a Kenyan town close to the Somali border, the vast majority of whom are Somalis. The Kenyan government announced plans in May to shut down the camps, saying that they had become a hosting ground for members of Al-Shabaab  ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... , a Somali bully boy group that has launched several large-scale attacks in Kenya. Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Nkaisserry said that the country aimed to move out 150,000 refugees from Dadaab by the end of 2016. Posted by: Fred 2016-08-31 |
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