Kenya refugee camps: Somali president warns against closure

Somalia’s president has called for “a better way” to bring home refugees from his country, with Kenya insisting that it will go ahead with its plan to close the world’s largest refugee camp. The Dadaab camp is home to more than 300,000 Somalis. President Hassan Sheik Mohamed said that forced repatriation was not in the […]

Somalia’s president has called for “a better way” to bring home refugees from his country, with Kenya insisting that it will go ahead with its plan to close the world’s largest refugee camp.
The Dadaab camp is home to more than 300,000 Somalis.
President Hassan Sheik Mohamed said that forced repatriation was not in the best interests of either country.
Kenya says it wants to close the camp over security concerns, saying attacks on its soil have been planned there.
Kenya did not follow through on a previous threat to close down the camp, made last April following the deadly attack by a Somali militant group al-Shabab on a university 100km (62 miles) away.
The al-Qaeda linked group has staged several attacks on Kenya in recent years.