The case of a 25-year-old refugee camp

Children have been born in Kenya’s Dadaab camp who now have kids of their own. The Kenyan government plans to shut it down. What’s Canada’s role?
Twenty-year-old mother of two Maryan Ma'alin Abdi, a Somali refugee who was born in Dagahaley camp, Dadaab, is pictured here with her one-year-old daughter Fowisiyo.
Twenty-five years ago a piece of hot, dusty countryside in northeastern Kenya became home to refugees fleeing conflict in Somalia. A generation later, the camps of Dadaab continue with an uncertain future for residents. Children have been born here who now have kids of their own. It is the third-...

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