Kenya delays closure of camps housing half a million people

UN sets out plan for return, or relocation, of refugees in Dadaab and Kakuma camps on a voluntary basis in safety and dignity'

Kenya has again postponed the closure of Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps, according to details of a meeting on 29 April between the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, and top government officials.

A joint statement put out after the meeting said there were currently 433,765 refugees living in the camps. Of the total, almost 280,000 are from Somalia, with others coming from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.