1.1 Background on the context
Kenya remains the third largest refugee host country in the Horn of Africa Region. There are over 208,000 refugees, mostly of Somali origin, in Dadaab camp. It is estimated that 25% is made of the youth and young adults aged 15 – 35 years. Since December 2014 the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has supported a voluntary repatriation programme for Somali refugees under the framework of a Tripartite Agreement with the governments of Kenya and Somalia. More than 80,000 Somali refugees, the majority from the Dadaab camp, have returned under this agreement although the pace of return has slowed significantly since 2017 (only 6,300 movements were recorded in 2018 from Dadaab). Recent assessments conducted by NRC with Impact Initiatives in Dadaab revealed that 44% of the population have no future return intentions and a further 39% would only consider return if there was a substantial change in the situation in Somalia (access to services, humanitarian
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UN Malawi COVID-19 Update Situation Update No. 40 (at 11 May 2021 )
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❖ 510,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine received in Malawi.
❖ 650 portable chalkboards provided to benefit 26,000 primary learners.
❖ 2 million people reached with COVID-19 protection and gender messages.
❖ 293,000 leaflets with COVID-19 prevention messages distributed in 6 districts.
❖ 57,222 households in 3 districts supported with cash amounting to MK1.3 billion.
❖ Court stopped govt order for all refugees and asylum seekers outside Dzaleka Refugee Camp to return to the camp by 28 April, pending judicial review.
❖ UN/UNHCR is part of the Task Force in charge of reviewing the refugee situation under the leadership of the Minister of Homeland Security, and has raised the opportunity to implement the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF)
Write open letter to President Chakwera appealing for consideration
Rwandan nationals living in Malawi have written President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, appealing for his intervention in addressing the plight of the refugees who have been ordered to close their small income generating activities and return to the refugee camp.
Trading under the banner of Rwanda Bridge Builders, the Rwandese say the decision by the Malawi Government to relocate them to Dzaleka Refugee Camp has sent shivers in their spines as they fear that this could be part of the plan of the Rwandan Government to destabilize the well settled Rwandan refugees in Malawi.