150,000 refugees to leave camp by December

Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (left) and Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion Minister of Somalia Dr Abdusalam Hadliye Omer in Nairobi yesterday. [PHOTO: DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD]

Kenya re-emphasised its position on the world’s largest refugee camp yesterday, stating that plans for the repatriation of the more than 360,000 Somali refugees within the camp will proceed as planned.

According to Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed, more than 16,000 refugees have already returned home on the voluntary repatriation programme that was agreed upon by refugee agency United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the Somali Government as well as the Kenyan government.