Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp closure deadline extended by six months after request by UNHCR, CS Nkaissery says

Dadaab refugee camp. Kenya has extended the deadline to close the camp by six months, sparing the over 200,000 refugees still there. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Kenya has extended the deadline to close Dadaab refugee camp by six months sparing the over 200,000 refugees still there.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery said yesterday the move followed a request by the UNHCR commissioner of refugees Filipo Grandi to extend the time for repatriation and closure of the camp.