Despite commitments undertaken by the international community to save lives and address vulnerabilities, in accordance with international law, the three organisations warn that current international action is inadequate.
Over a three-year data collection period, the report documents a troubling increase in people undertaking hazardous land journeys.
As of December 31, 2023, Kenya had hosted a total of 577,492 people, 506,715 (88 per cent) of them being refugees and 70,777 (12 per cent) being asylum-seekers.
UNHCR estimates that by mid-2023, over 120 million individuals worldwide were forcibly displaced, with 40 per cent being children. 75 per cent of these displaced individuals are hosted in low- and middle-income countries.
WFP Kenya Director Lauren Landis said the contribution will enable them to increase the food rations for the most vulnerable refugees and restore the cash transfer programme.
The report indicates an alarming rise in the growing number of individuals fleeing conflict within their own countries.
The report verified the killing of 2,267 Palestinian children mostly in Gaza between October 7 and December 31, 2023, adding that most were caused by the use of explosive weapons in populated areas by the Israeli army and security forces.
Although UNHCR recommended that the refugees return to the camp until a solution could be found with the authorities, it admitted that “the security situation on the ground remains deeply difficult.”
The county KWS boss was responding to an incident where police in Dagahaley refugee camp pursued four men who killed a giraffe for game meat last evening.
The continent witnessed millions of new displacements in countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Nigeria, driven by escalating insecurity and human rights abuses.
"There are reports of mass casualties, including children and women, among those killed. Gaza is hell on earth,” the UN organisation said.
This comes amid a surge in the number of Sudanese refugees arriving in Ethiopia, with over 50,000 residing in camps across the country, predominantly in the Amhara and Benishangul-Gumuz regions.
Kenya has always been home to millions of refugees, some of whom have eventually returned to their countries while others have gone abroad. Thousands of others are still at Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps.
Out of the total 3,672 were assisted to return to Somali while 5,423 were spontaneous returnees.
Most of the refugees are from Somalia (371, 919), followed by South Sudan at 171, 402.
This initiative follows a session where refugees voiced significant concerns about their rights and access to services such as banking services, M-Pesa and driving licenses.
Fowler underlined UNRWA’s mandate to provide services to Palestine refugees, which includes healthcare, education and social support.
The atrocities and discrimination that 29-year-old Jamal Abdallah Khamis faced as a member of West Darfur’s Massalit community led him to become a human rights defender.
This will be the first time refugee camps in the county will be integrated into the initiative.