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UNHCR resumes repatriation of Sudanese from Kenya's Kakuma camp
22 Nov 2006 The UN refugee agency has resumed the repatriation by air of Sudanese refugees from this camp in north-west Kenya after suspending the progamme in June for financial and logistical reasons. -
UNHCR airlifts supplies to flooded refugee camps in north-east Kenya
20 Nov 2006 The UN refugee agency has begun airlifting emergency supplies for tens of thousands of refugees displaced by massive flooding in north-east Kenya. Flights on Sunday and Monday carried plastic sheets, aviation and diesel fuel, health kits and shovels to the town of Dadaab. -
UNHCR workers head for high ground as flood waters rise in Kenya camps
17 Nov 2006 UNHCR staff move to higher ground as flood waters rise in north-east Kenya camps. The UN refugee agency, meanwhile, plans to begin airlifting plastic sheets and health kits this weekend to tens of thousands of mainly Somalian refugees cut off for days by the floods -
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. -
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.