Kenya’s latest call to close Dadaab refugee camp

What does the call to close Dadaab refugee camp mean for its residents?

Youths play football at the Dadaab refugee complex, one of the world's largest refugee camps, in the northeast of Kenya, on April 16, 2018 [Yasuyoshi Chiba/ AFP]

Kenya has hosted refugee camps including Dadaab since the 1990s. And the camps have hosted hundreds of thousands of refugees, mainly from Somalia. Dadaab was meant to be temporary, and Kenya’s government is very aware of that. The government called for Dadaab camp to be shut down last month – something it has asked for before. But what does this mean for the refugees who call Dadaab home?

In this episode:

The New Humanitarian journalist Moulid Hujale; Catherine Soi, Al Jazeera correspondent covering East and Central Africa; Deck Abdullahi Ali

Connect with The Take: 

Twitter (@AJTheTake), Instagram (@ajthetake) and Facebook (@TheTakePod)

Listen to The Take:

New episodes of the show come out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Follow and listen to The Take on Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle PodcastsStitcher or wherever you listen.

The team:

Negin Owliaei produced this episode with Amy Walters, Alexandra Locke, Dina Kesbeh, Ney Alvarez, Priyanka Tilve, and Malika Bilal.

Alex Roldan is The Take’s sound designer. Natalia Aldana is the engagement producer. Thomas Fenton is the story editor. Stacey Samuel is The Take’s executive producer.

Source: Al Jazeera

Advertisement