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Kenya denies abuse of refugees in push to close Somali camp

Kenya's Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho. (Photo:File/Standard)

Nairobi: Kenya reaffirmed on Thursday its plan to close the world's largest refugee camp by November, rejecting allegations by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that it is harassing and intimidating Somali refugees to return home when it is not safe to do so.

The rights group said Kenya is not giving the refugees a real choice between being repatriated or staying, and that the United Nation's refugee agency, UNHCR, is not giving refugees accurate information about the risks they face in Somalia.

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