Camp closures address fraud, not IDP welfare

A presidential directive to "close IDP camps in two weeks" has fired up debate largely because it is unclear what it was meant to achieve.

The closure of camps does not resolve the problem of internally displaced people. Rather, it looks to address the problems of fraud and fake post-election IDPs. With reports of fraudulent claims by non-existent IDPs or exclusion of genuine refugees from compensation lists, this is necessary.