More than one million children have fled escalating violence in South Sudan
More than 75,000 refugee children in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan and DRC have crossed South Sudan’s borders either unaccompanied or separated from their families.
Japan Ambassador to Kenya visits Dadaab to Support the Refugee Youth
Dadaab Refugee Camps have a total of 264 senior and junior youth teams engaged in various sports ranging from football, volleyball and athletics.
IGAD to hold a Special Summit on Somali Refugees
Unique EU Programme to Benefit Refugees and Host Communities in Kalobeyei
The objective of the programme is to improve health standards for the host communities and refugees in Kalobeyei, increase food and nutrition security and promote economic opportunities, increase school enrolment for children, improve child safety and well-being and increase social cohesion between refugees and host communities.
Ambassador Tegla Loroupe Honoured as UN Person of the Year in Kenya
“We do not want to see more refugees. It does not help us. We want them to go back home and become ambassadors of peace.”
UNHCR’s Statement on a Report Published by Human Rights Watch
In all of our engagements with Government officials (both bilaterally and within the framework established under the Tripartite Agreement of 2013), refugees and other stakeholders, we have consistently stressed that repatriation must be voluntary and cannot, therefore, be time-bound.
Missing Out: Refugee Education in Crisis
Education enables refugees to positively shape the future of both their countries of asylum and their home countries when they one day return.
Heroic Reception in Kenya for 5 Members of #TeamRefugees
Joint Communiqué: Ministerial Tripartite Commission for the Voluntary Repatriation of Somali Refugees from Kenya to Somalia
The Commission directed the Tripartite Technical Committee to conclude concrete operational modalities and support measures which will be provided in Kenya and Somalia to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary return and sustainable reintegration of Somali refugees from Kenya
In Kenya, UNHCR Chief Assured Return of Refugees will not Contravene International Obligations
Calls for massive investment in stable parts of Somalia to enable more refugees to return
Somali President calls for any refugee returns from Dadaab to be carried out in an orderly manner
Refugees need to be assisted to return home in an orderly manner
Five Refugees from Kenya Camps make the Refugee Olympics Team
For the first time, a team of refugee athletes will compete under the Olympic flag.