Socioeconomic Profile of Refugee and Host Households in Nairobi
Kenya has hosted refugees since its independence in 1963, although refugee policy has shifted from an integration approach towards an encampment model. The flow of asylum seekers into Kenya gained momentum in the early 1970s. Refugees from Uganda and other neighboring countries such as Sudan and Ethiopia, fled to the country. Many had families or relatives living in Kenya and were well-off professionals and business people. In order to encourage skilled workers and investment, the Kenyan government policy allowed refugees to work, move, and settle across the country. This changed in the early 1990s, when a large inflow of refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo caused a policy shift towards encampment close to the borders of Somaliaand South Sudan. Somali refugees who had initially settled along the coast were relocated to the Dadaab camps, while Ethiopians, Sudanese, and South Sudanese were transferred to Kakuma
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English English |
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World Bank
2023-10-22
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| Subjects: | FORCED DISPLACEMENT, REFUGEES AND HOSTS, REFUGEE ENCAMPMENT, REFUGEE NON-INTEGRATION, DISPLACED POPULATIONS, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099101123125532499/P1683050c9c8400ea0ab9a0dbf1699b7faf https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40532 |
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| Summary: | Kenya has hosted refugees since its
independence in 1963, although refugee policy has shifted
from an integration approach towards an encampment model.
The flow of asylum seekers into Kenya gained momentum in the
early 1970s. Refugees from Uganda and other neighboring
countries such as Sudan and Ethiopia, fled to the country.
Many had families or relatives living in Kenya and were
well-off professionals and business people. In order to
encourage skilled workers and investment, the Kenyan
government policy allowed refugees to work, move, and settle
across the country. This changed in the early 1990s, when a
large inflow of refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, South
Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo
caused a policy shift towards encampment close to the
borders of Somaliaand South Sudan. Somali refugees who had
initially settled along the coast were relocated to the
Dadaab camps, while Ethiopians, Sudanese, and South Sudanese
were transferred to Kakuma |
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