A state of insecurity: the political economy of violence in refugee-populated areas of Kenya

Author(s)
Crisp, J.
Publication language
English
Pages
35pp
Date published
01 Dec 1999
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Conflict, violence & peace, Forced displacement and migration
Countries
Kenya
Organisations
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR)

This paper examines the problem of physical insecurity in two refugee-populated areas of
Kenya: Kakuma, in the north-west of the country, and Dadaab, in the north-west. These
areas accommodate some 200,000 refugees in total, most of them from Somalia and
Sudan.