Seeking asylum is a human right. Anyone fleeing persecution, conflict or human rights abuses has a right to seek protection in Kenya.
UNHCR works to ensure that this right is upheld
UNHCR Kenya provides life-saving support and safe-guards the rights of asylum-seekers, refugees and stateless people. primarily helps refugees and asylum seekers, with a focus on children, the elderly and disabled persons, but also returnees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and stateless persons.