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UNHCR workers rush to reinforce dykes around flooded camps in Kenya
15 Nov 2006 UN refugee agency workers were rushing on Wednesday to protect tens of thousands of Somali refugees who have been uprooted by flooding that has devastated camps in north-eastern Kenya. -
Floods cause havoc in north-east Kenya refugee camps for Somalis
13 Nov 2006 Heavy rains in north-east Kenya have killed at least two Somali refugees, left thousands without shelter and cut a key supply route to refugee camps in the town of Dadaab. -
Landslides disrupt plans to resume repatriations of Congolese from Tanzania
7 Nov 2006 Heavy rains and massive landslides have disrupted plans to resume the repatriation of Congolese refugees from Tanzania to the province of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). -
Registration of Somali asylum seekers resumes with tougher measures in place
1 Nov 2006 After a two-week suspension, the registration of new Somali refugees seeking asylum in Kenya has just resumed with the introduction of new security procedures to curb false claims. -
UNHCR hopes transfers resume soon from Somali border to Kenya camps
27 Oct 2006 A UNHCR team is heading to Liboi on the Kenya/Somali border Friday to arrange the transfer of some 2,000 Somali refugees reported to be waiting there after the shuttling to the Dadaab camps was suspended mid-October at the request of the Kenyan government. The refugee agency expects to resume convoys from the border in the next few days. -
UNHCR says US$35 million flash appeal for Somali refugees is a matter of urgency
17 Oct 2006 The UN refugee agency said a flash appeal announced Tuesday for Somali refugees in Kenya was urgently needed as the rapid influx was stretching the assistance capacities of humanitarian agencies operating on the ground. -
Flow of refugees from Somalia to Kenya shows no sign of abating
29 Sep 2006 Somali refugees continue to stream into north-east Kenya, with a daily average of 200-300 people crossing the border to escape fighting in their troubled homeland. Since the beginning of the year, some 25,000 Somalis have fled conflict in south and central Somalia and arrived in Kenya - including more than 5,000 in September alone. -
Organized returns to South Kivu province in DRC reach 20,000 mark
27 Sep 2006 Nearly a year after the start of the UN refugee agency's repatriation operation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the number of people returning to the country's South Kivu province with UNHCR help tops the 20,000 mark. -
Refugees arriving in Kenya amid fears of renewed fighting in Somalia
15 Sep 2006 Hundreds of Somali refugees have crossed into Kenya this week - including at least 360 on Friday alone - amid reports of an advance on the Somali port of Kismayo by fighters allied to the Islamic Courts Union.