Dadaab

Dadaab
Dhadhaab
Ifo II camp in Dadaab.
Ifo II camp in Dadaab.
Dadaab is located in Kenya
Dadaab
Dadaab
Location in Kenya
Coordinates: 00°03′11″N 40°18′31″E / 0.05306°N 40.30861°E / 0.05306; 40.30861
Country Kenya
CountyGarissa County
Population
 (October 2023)
 • Total302,805[1]
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Dadaab (Somali: Dhadhaab) is a semi-arid town in Garissa County, Kenya. It is the site of a UNHCR base hosting 302,805 registered refugees and asylum seekers in three camps (Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo) as of 31 October 2023,[1] making it one of the largest in the world behind Kutupalong refugee camp.[2][3][4][5] The centre is run by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and its operations are financed by foreign donors.[6] In 2013, UNHCR, the governments of Kenya and Somalia signed a tripartite agreement facilitating the repatriation of Somali refugees at the complex.[7]

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  3. ^ "UNHCR chief visits Somali port of Kismayo, meets refugee returnees". UNHCR. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. ^ Hattem, Julian (24 January 2017). "Uganda's sprawling haven for 270,000 of South Sudan's refugees". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  5. ^ "World's Largest Refugee Camps in 2018 | raptim". Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Baobab - Africa". The Economist. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Nairobi to open mission in Mogadishu". Standard Digital. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.

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