Kenya’s refugee integration bid hit by funding shortfall

Somali refugees walking in the new Ifo-extension at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya on July 31, 2011.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

Kenya’s government-led refugee integration plan risks operational collapse due to a Sh2.6 billion ($20 million) funding shortfall that has crippled essential services in Dadaab and Kakuma.

A new report by the NGO Refugee Group (NRG) shows a worrying picture of deteriorating water, health, and education systems, rising insecurity, and collapsing livelihoods, conditions that threaten to reverse four years of progress.

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