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UNHCR to move Somali refugees further inland in Kenya
14 May 2002 More than 10,000 Somali refugees are to be being transferred out of the border town of Mandera for security reasons and to facilitate aid distribution. -
Lubbers accepts corruption report, says measures in place to prevent further abuses
25 Jan 2002 High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers accepts the conclusions of highly critical report of the refugee agency's resettlement process in its Nairobi office, and says a number of remedial measures have already been taken to prevent any further abuses. -
Aid workers rushing to rebuild Kakuma Camp before new rains arrive
9 Nov 2001 Aid workers were rushing to relocate some 23,000 families who lost their homes at the Kakuma Camp in north-eastern Kenya as a result of torrential rains. While the skies have cleared, additional rainfall is expected in the coming days. -
Transfer of Tanzanian refugees living in Kenya successfully completed
9 Nov 2001 The last of the Tanzanian refugees who fled the islands of Pemba and Zanzibar earlier this year to escape civil disturbances have been returned home from the Dadaab Camp in eastern Kenya. -
UNHCR transfers refugees made homeless by torrential rains in Kenya
7 Nov 2001 Torrential rains in Kenya have destroyed more than 7,000 huts and left 23,000 people homeless. -
Last Tanzanian refugees scheduled to fly home from Kenya
6 Nov 2001 UNHCR Tuesday began repatriating the last group of Tanzanian refugees who fled to Kenya earlier this year. The transfer should be completed by Wednesday. -
Heavy Kenyan rains leave more than 23,000 refugees without shelter
6 Nov 2001 Unusually heavy rains in north-western Kenya destroyed more than 7,000 huts at the Kakuma refugee camp and raised concerns for the health of its 81,000 residents. -
Refugees return home to Tanzania's Pemba island
26 Sep 2001 Ninety refugees from Tanzania's Pemba and Zanzibar islands flew home on September 26 from Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, the first large group to return home since May, 2001.