Following last Thursday’s security incident in Dadaab, UNHCR and partner agencies have been continuing life-saving work for hundreds of thousands of refugees. Our staff and more than 30 partners remain operational in Dadaab’s three camps - Ifo, Dagahaley and Hagadera - as well as the new sites of Ifo 2, and Kambioos.

The return intention profiling survey began in Dadaab on 17 February and will be completed in 6 weeks. The exercise is a joint venture between UNHCR and IOM.

Kenyatta University Campus in Dadaab officially inaugurated on 26 February 2014. Students of the refugee and host community attend classes since Sept.2012.

Between 1 and 5 Feb, the 8th round of Polio oral vaccination campaign was conducted in Dadaab camps. The last confirmed case of polio in Dadaab was in July 2013

A MSF medical warehouse in the MSF Dagahaley residential compound went on fire on 4 Jan. Drugs, medical equipment and therapeutic food stock burnt to ashes.

The Voluntary Return Help Desks (RHDs) were officially launched across all five Dadaab camps on 9 December 2013.

UNHCR and partners contributed to the emergency response to the attack on Garissa University; providing trucks, ambulances and medical supplies from Dadaab

The Fistula Foundation visited Dadaab today and identified patients to benefit from surgical care.

Total number of returnees assisted under the voluntary return process to date: 4,108

On 11 August Kakuma was inundated with torrential rains which caused flooding in various parts of the camp and surrounding areas. Many refugee shelters were destroyed and dykes and river banks were severely eroded in a number of locations placing refugees and humanitarian workers at risk. A vehicle ferrying passengers from Lokichoggio to Kakuma was washed away while trying to cross a seasonal river in Turkana West District, and 8 people lost their lives; it is believed that some among the dead were Sudanese on their way to Kakuma to seek asylum.