Malala Yousafzai says Somali refugee girls' future at risk if Kenya sends them home

Pakistani teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai says Somali schoolgirls risk losing out on education if they are forced to leave Dadaab refugee camp. (Photo: Courtesy)

Dadaab, Kenya: Somali schoolgirls risk losing out on education and becoming child brides if they are forced to leave the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya and move to their war-torn country where there are not enough schools, Malala Yousafzai said on Tuesday.

The Pakistani teenage education activist, who survived a near-fatal attack by the Taliban in 2012, spent her 19th birthday in Dadaab camp, which Kenya wants to close, citing security concerns.