Closing camps will hurt refugees, says UNHCR

Tents at the UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab. [AP]

The closure of Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps will adversely affect the protection of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN has said.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it will initiate talks with the government, warning that the move will have severe results especially in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.