Why Kenya’s Daadab refugee camp may not be closed soon

An overview of the part of the eastern sector of the IFO-2 camp in the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp, on April 28, 2015. PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA | AFP

Kenya may be forced to delay closure of Dadaab Refugee Camp to avoid creating a situation of stateless people.

Nairobi’s delegation attending this year’s inter-governmental meeting on refugees and statelessness, in Geneva, Switzerland, last week admitted there were still people in Dadaab who may not return to their countries because they are Kenyans or qualify to be such.