UN to relocate Somali refugees

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Source: CCTV.com | 02-06-2009 13:38

Craig Johnstone, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees says the agency wants to relocate Somali refugees in Kenya.

The camp they currently live in holds more than double the number of people it was built for.

Somali refugee women rest inside a ward at the  International Rescue Committee hospital in Hagadera camp  near Daadab, about 80km (50 miles) from Liboi on the  border with Somalia in north-eastern Kenya, February 4,  2009. The growing flow of Somalis fleeing conflict at  home has led to overcrowding in refugee camps in  neighbouring Kenya and the United Nations expects the  influx to continue, an official said. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)

There is a marked deterioration in the quality of life at the refugee camp. The agency is seeking 92 million US dollars from donors to run its operations this year in Kenya and part of the money will be used to build a new camp.

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