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All Refugees
264,634
Households*
60,975
Last updated 01 Sep 2016
* Household data may be unavailable for some locations.
Source - UNHCR, Government

   All Refugees by sublocation

Location name Source Data date Population
Garissa UNHCR, Government 1 Sep 2016
  100.0% 		264,634

   All Refugees by Origin

Country of origin Source Data date Population
Dem. Rep. of the Congo UNHCR, Government 1 Sep 2016
  0.1% 		285
Somalia UNHCR, Government 31 Aug 2016
  99.4% 		263,036
South Sudan UNHCR, Government 31 Jul 2016
  0.5% 		1,313

   Latest Documents

  • Kenya Dadaab Camp Population 2016-08-31

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    Kenya Dadaab Camp Population 2016-08-31
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  • KENYA - Urban Demographic Statistics - 31-May-2016

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  • Dadaab Population Statistics_31 May 2016

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    Publish date: 11 June 2016 (3 months ago)
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  • Somali Population in DDB by Area of Origin

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    Publish date: 18 May 2016 (4 months ago)
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  • Dadaab Population Statistics_30 Apr 2016

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  • Alinjugur/Dadaab Statistics-10 Feb 2013

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  • Alinjugur/Dadaab Statistics-27 Jan 2013

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  • Alinjugur/Dadaab Statistics-20 Jan 2013

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  • Nairobi Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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    Publish date: 14 December 2012 (3 years ago)
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  • Nairobi Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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    Publish date: 26 November 2012 (3 years ago)
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  • Population of Concern to UNHCR in Kenya - 31 August 2012

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  • Hagadera Refugee Camp Overview, Januay 2012

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    Publish date: 10 May 2012 (4 years ago)
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  • Dagahaley Refugee Camp Overview, January 2012

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  • Kenya - Ifo Refugee Camp Overview, January 2012

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    Publish date: 10 May 2012 (4 years ago)
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  • Kenya - General overview of refugee camps in Dadaab March 2012

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  • Situation Report Dadaab & Alinjugur 3 June 2012

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    Publish date: 3 August 2012 (4 years ago)
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  • Situation Report Dadaab & Alinjugur 17 - 31 July

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    Publish date: 3 August 2012 (4 years ago)
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  • Situation Report Dadaab & Alinjugur 1 - 16 July

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    Publish date: 3 August 2012 (4 years ago)
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  • Situation Report for Dadaab & Alinjugur Refugee Camps

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    Situation Report for Dadaab & Alinjugur Refugee Camps
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  • Highlights - Dadaab & Alinjugur Refugee Camps

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    Highlights - Dadaab & Alinjugur Refugee Camps
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  • Core Relief Items - Dadaab

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    Publish date: 27 September 2011 (5 years ago)
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  • In-Kind Donations - Dadaab

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    Publish date: 27 September 2011 (5 years ago)
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  • Kenya Dadaab Camp Population 2016-08-31

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    Kenya Dadaab Camp Population 2016-08-31
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  • KENYA - Urban Demographic Statistics - 31-May-2016

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  • Dadaab Population Statistics_31 May 2016

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  • Somali Population in DDB by Area of Origin

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  • Dadaab Population Statistics_30 Apr 2016

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      News

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    Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ms. Isabella Lövin, visited Dadaab Refugee Camps

    Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ms. Isabella Lövin, visited Dadaab Refugee Camps. The Minister was accompanied by a high level delegation from the Government of Sweden, officials from the Government of Kenya and UNHCR Country R, 19 May 2016

    Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ms. Isabella Lövin, visited Dadaab Refugee Camps. The Minister was accompanied by a high level delegation from the Government of Sweden, officials from the Government of Kenya and UNHCR Country Representatives to Kenya and Somalia. Ms. Löv... Read more

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    116 Somali refugees return from Dadaab camps to Mogadishu, spearheading new phase of voluntary repatriation

    http://www.unhcr.org/55c1fadd9.html, 05 Aug 2015

    The arrival at Mogadishu International Airport today of 116 Somali refugees from Kenya marks a new chapter in the voluntary return process. Earlier in the morning, the two planes took off from Dadaab in Northeastern Kenya, the largest refugee settlement in the world, still hosting 333,000 Somali ref... Read more

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    Kenya: MSF forced to close Dadaab health posts and evacuate staff amid escalating insecurity

    MSF, 28 May 2015

    As violence and threats in the northeastern province of Kenya escalate, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has evacuated 42 of its staff from Dadaab refugee camps to Nairobi. The precautionary measure has already had a direct impact on MSF’s ability to provide much-nee... Read more

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    Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis - treatment in Dadaab Refugee Camps

    CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 23 Mar 2015

    UNHCR has a Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB) Center in Ifo Camp. This article links TB to the conflict in Somalia. "A drug resistance survey conducted in 2011 in Somalia showed that the country had the highest rate of MDR TB infection on the African continent. MDR TB develops when a patie... Read more

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    Innovation: Instant Network Schools open up a new world for Somali refugees

    http://www.unhcr.org/54d21aa26.html, 04 Feb 2015

    DADAAB, Kenya, February 4 (UNHCR) – Thirty pairs of fascinated eyes watch the big white screen; fingers glide across new tablet computers. A class of students at the Nasib Secondary School in north-east Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp complex, is enjoying a history lesson about the Portuguese in Africa.... Read more

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       Kenya

    Capital
    Nairobi
    Languages
    en, sw
    Population
    46,050,000
    Area
    569,140 km2
    GDP
    63,398,041,540 USD
    GDP growth
    5.65%
    Income level
    Lower middle income
    Gini index
    47.7
    Currency
    KES
    Literacy rate
    N/A

      Highlights

    UNHCR in collaboration with Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and TdH conducted in 2nd half of April a mass campaign targeting enrolment of children out of school
    19 May 2016
    WFP and UNHCR are preparing for Bamba Chakul - an electronic cash transfer systerm. 10% of distributed cereal rations to be converted into food vouchers.
    18 Sep 2015
    Ministry of Health declared the end of the Cholera outbreak in Dadaab refugee camps. Last positive case recorded on 16 July. Close monitoring continues.
    10 Sep 2015
    Ministry of Health declared the end of the Cholera outbreak in Dadaab refugee camps. Last positive case recorded on 16 July. Close monitoring continues.
    10 Sep 2015
    Ministry of Health declared the end of the Cholera outbreak in Dadaab refugee camps. Last positive case recorded on 16 July. Close monitoring continues.
    10 Sep 2015
    Incoming Somali Ambassador to Kenya, Mr. Gamal Mohamed Hassan, visited Dadaab refugee camps and met with various refugee representatives today.
    03 Sep 2015
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