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UNHCR starts emergency airlift of tents to Kenya, Ethiopia
18 Jul 2011 Thousands of tents are on their way to the remote border regions near Somalia, where emaciated Somali refugees are in desperate need of shelter. -
UNHCR welcomes camp extension at Dadaab, Kenya
15 Jul 2011 Kenya's decision to open the Ifo II extension will help to decongest camps now struggling to host 380,000 refugees – over four times their capacity. -
"We're in a crisis right now": World's biggest refugee camp sees alarming spike in child deaths
11 Jul 2011 Child mortality is up six-fold in parts of Kenya's Dadaab camp as Somali refugees continue arriving amid the Horn of Africa crisis. UNHCR chief António Guterres has called for aid inside Somalia. -
UNHCR concerned about malnutrition levels among new Somali refugees
5 Jul 2011 More than 50 per cent of Somali children arriving in Ethiopia are seriously malnourished; the rate for Kenya is also worrying at 30 to 40 per cent. -
Pressure grows at Dadaab complex amid fresh influx of Somali refugees
1 Jul 2011 As thousands of Somali refugees stream into Kenya, the mounting pressure on the sprawling Dadaab refugee complex has erupted into violence. -
50,000 civilians flee Somalia in first quarter, double from a year earlier
29 Apr 2011 Kenya received most of the new arrivals, with more than 31,400. But UNHCR noted a sharp rise in the number of Somalis going to Ethiopia – some 12,200. -
UNHCR chief joins visit to Dadaab, expresses concern for Somali refugees
4 Apr 2011 The UN refugee agency and two sister organizations deeply concerned about the living conditions of more than 314,000 Somalis refugees in north-east Kenya. -
UNHCR calls for increased aid for Somalia's suffering civilian population
3 Dec 2010 UNHCR chief António Guterres highlights Somalia's grim humanitarian situation and calls for a concerted international effort to protect and assist its people. -
UNHCR urges Kenya to halt forced return of Somali refugees
3 Nov 2010 The UN refugee agency calls on the Kenyan government to halt its returns of thousands of Somalis from a border camp in the north-east of the country.