Refugee Camps Overstretched - UNHCR

More than 20 000 Somalis have fled to Kenya since the start of this year. This is aAccording to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) which warns that refugee camps are “completely overstretched”.

UNHCR spokesperson, Ron Redmond, points out that new arrivals have been registered in north-eastern Kenya's Dadaab camp, which was built for 90 000 people but which now accommodates over 261 000.

 "We have been negotiating with the government of Kenya to provide land for the construction of new camps, but this is yet to be finalised. We are therefore receiving and accommodating these refugees with a lot of difficulty," says Redmond.

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