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The Kenyan government on Wednesday directed all refugees living in urban areas to return to designated camps.
The government also deployed an additional 500 police officers in Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa to enforce the directive.
Interior Cabinet Secretary, Joseph Lenku, issued the order, citing security challenges in Kenya's urban centres, among them Nairobi and Mombasa. He said that all refugees leaving outside the designated refugee camps of Kakuma and Dadaab in north-west and north-east Kenya, respectively must return to the camps immediately.
According to him, Kenya hosts some of the world's biggest refugee camps in the world, the bulk of refugees living in Dadaab are from Somalia, a country that has never been stable since the overthrow of strongman, Gen. Siad Barre in 1991.
Lenku added that the bulk of those living in Kakuma were from South Sudan, Ethiopia and parts of eastern DR Congo.
He said that swift legal action would be taken against refugees flouting the directive.
In a bid to enhance security in the east African country of 40 million which has of late been attacked by terrorists linked to Somalia's outlawed terror group, Al-Shabab, Lenku said refugee registration centres in Nairobi, Mombasa and Isiolo would be closed.
He asked Kenyans to report to the authorities, illegal immigrants or refugees found outside the camps.
Lenku's directive came in the wake of Saturday's terror attack at a church in Likoni, Mombasa, in which six worshipers lost their lives, while scores sustained injuries.
The government also deployed an additional 500 police officers in Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa to enforce the directive.
Interior Cabinet Secretary, Joseph Lenku, issued the order, citing security challenges in Kenya's urban centres, among them Nairobi and Mombasa. He said that all refugees leaving outside the designated refugee camps of Kakuma and Dadaab in north-west and north-east Kenya, respectively must return to the camps immediately.
According to him, Kenya hosts some of the world's biggest refugee camps in the world, the bulk of refugees living in Dadaab are from Somalia, a country that has never been stable since the overthrow of strongman, Gen. Siad Barre in 1991.
Lenku added that the bulk of those living in Kakuma were from South Sudan, Ethiopia and parts of eastern DR Congo.
He said that swift legal action would be taken against refugees flouting the directive.
In a bid to enhance security in the east African country of 40 million which has of late been attacked by terrorists linked to Somalia's outlawed terror group, Al-Shabab, Lenku said refugee registration centres in Nairobi, Mombasa and Isiolo would be closed.
He asked Kenyans to report to the authorities, illegal immigrants or refugees found outside the camps.
Lenku's directive came in the wake of Saturday's terror attack at a church in Likoni, Mombasa, in which six worshipers lost their lives, while scores sustained injuries.
