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May 12, 2016

Kenya Says It Will Close World's Largest Refugee Camp
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Kenya is vowing to close the world's biggest refugee camp within a year,
which could force up to 300,000 Somali refugees back into war-torn
Somalia. Kenya justifies the closure, saying the Dadaab camp has been
used by the militant group al-Shabab as a place to smuggle weapons.
Human rights groups have decried the threatened closure. Kate Allen,
director of Amnesty International UK, said, "Forcing [Somalis] back to
violence and persecution is as immoral as it is unlawful, and risks
increasing instability and displacement in the region."


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