In total, as of 28th Feb. 52,591 Somali refugees returned home since 8th December 2014, when UNHCR started supporting voluntary return of Somali refugees.

As of 15th Feb. 49,376 Somali refugees from Kenya returned home since 8th December 2014 ( when Vol-rep started) out of which 10,062 were supported in 2017 alone

UNHCR relocates more than 22,300 refugees from the Dadaab outskirts into both sides of Ifo extension (Ifo II & Ifo III) and the new Kambioos site.

Ongoing Kenya operation moves nearly 75,000 Somali arrivals from Dadaab’s outskirts to its extensions before the onset of the rainy season.

Since the beginning of 2014, the UNHCR Dadaab operation has received 7,691 energy saving stoves and 8,999 solar lanterns.

Deputy Special Representative to the UN-Secretary General in Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini visited Kambioos on 22 Jan. and met with a group of refugees

As of January 2014, WFP has resumed the normal food basket of 2,100 kcal per person per day after the food rations had to be shortened in Nov and Dec 2013.

31 Dec 2013 a fire started in the northern side of Ifo market and burned and completely destroyed over 50 shops including wholesale shops and their goods.

*World Refugee Day (20th June) UNHCR and partners will lead the refugee community in Dadaab to commemorate World Refugee Day on 20th June. The global theme for this year is- “One family torn apart by war is too many.” The community has agreed to commemorate this day by conveying to the world, messages of peace through a campaign dubbed “31 Days of Peace Messages” which kicked off on 20th May. The community communication team is conveying these messages in camps as well as to local and international audiences through camp meetings, community radio and social media.

Voluntary Return to Somalia: First group of Somali refugees left Dadaab for their native Somalia today, assisted by UNHCR. This is the start of a 6-months pilot