UN begins verifying Dadaab refugees amid repatriation efforts
Somali refugees sit outside a refugee camp near Dadaab: The UN is aiming to specify within two months the number of Kenyans living in the camps under false pretences. PHOTO | AFP
The United Nations on Monday launched a “verification exercise” to determine how many residents of the Dadaab complex are actually Kenya citizens posing as Somali refugees.
“We are aware of Kenyans falsely registering as refugees in order to get free services and food,” UN refugee agency spokesman Duke Mwancha told the Nation.
