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Nimo Abdi Bare, midwife.
Nimo Abdi Bare, midwife:
"Refugees go to a lot of challenges. For example, we all understand going out of your country because of a conflict. But at least to my understanding, they're safe. Here is based on what they tell us, because they get services like education, medical services, which are free. They are also at least comfortable.
The stories that really touched me are the sexual violence, because they are mothers whose husband were killed in Somalia, and they came with the children alone, they are vulnerable and they are exposed. So mostly when they come they feel like they are not secured.
There's this rumors that's going out that refugees will go back to their countries, of which I think it is not a solution, because the reason why they ran away from their country is still there. The country doesn't have any peace. So I think they will be more comfortable if they stay in the refugee camp or they are given resettlement"
MSB112409
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Dadaab refugee camp: 30 years in search of dignity
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MSB112409
Date taken / Date Recorded
22/11/2021
Country
Kenya
Detailed location
Dagahaley refugee camp, Dadaab, Kenya
Commissioning section
MSF-SWITZERLAND
Photographer / videographer / producer
Charlie Kimilu
Copyright
Chali Flani Productions for MSF
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★★★ (F)
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In 2021, it will be 30 years since the Dadaab camps were first established to accommodate Somalis fleeing their country’s civil war. At one time, Dadaab was the largest refugee camp in the world, hosting upwards of half a million people. It is still home to some 232,903 refugees, many of whom were born in the camps, and have known nothing else.
Denied the right to work and move freely, refugees in the Dadaab camps have lived their lives in confinement, heavily dependent on humanitarian assistance. Yet humanitarian aid has waxed and waned over the year, and frequent calls to close the camps have heightened uncertainty for refugees. Most Somali refugees in the camp can’t even fathom returning to their home country, where violence remains widespread, and access to basic services limited.
With Kenya insistent on closing the camps in June 2022, refugees in Dadaab have been left in the dark as to what future awaits them. Return is not a solution for most and the push for local integration and inclusion of refugees has gained little traction. Resettlement opportunities have also dried up, even as humanitarian aid has declined, underlining the crisis of solidarity for refugees.
