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.

The number of refugees relocated from Dadaab\'s outskirts to Ifo II, III and Kambioos reaches 26,855.

One Aid worker shot;two abducted in Dadaab\'s Ifo 2 West on the afternoon of 13 October 2011. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees expressed his \"deep shock and indignation\" at the violent abduction of the two female MSF staff and the shooting of their driver. “These MSF colleagues were working to rescue lives,” he said. “It is wholly unacceptable that they should be made targets for kidnap. I appeal to those responsible to facilitate their immediate and safe return.” Please contact MSF for further information.

Two police officers were injured on 30 December 2013 when their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device in Dagahaley camp.

619 urban refugees and asylum seekers have been forcefully relocated to Dadaab since 18th April. Others came on their own. The majority originate from Somalia.

Dadaab refugees call for peace. World Refugee Day (20th June) will be celebrated in all five Dadaab camps. This year, refugees chose PEACE as the main theme.