somali refugees in kenya Stories

9,095 refugees returned home to Somalia in past four years
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 23, 2024

Out of the total 3,672 were assisted to return to Somali while 5,423 were spontaneous returnees.

KNCHR steps in to assist Mombasa's urban refugees over access to essential services
Farhiya Hussein  |  May 15, 2024

This initiative follows a session where refugees voiced significant concerns about their rights and access to services such as banking services, M-Pes...

Dadaab, Kakuma refugee camps to be upgraded to settlements in urban support programme
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 07, 2024

This will be the first time refugee camps in the county will be integrated into the initiative.

Refugees or Kenyan citizens? The long, winding search for national identity
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 01, 2024

Young people seeking to get IDs find themselves registered both in the UNHCR data base and is in the Kenyan one, making it hard for them to get the na...

Hundreds in Eastleigh start process to reclaim Kenyan citizenship
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Feb 29, 2024

The process is extensive, beginning Thursday with the removal of fingerprints and deletion of names from the registry. Subsequently, individuals will...

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