CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Njogu, Valentine Maureen Nyokabi |
|---|---|
| Title | Encampment Policies, Protracted Refugee Situations And National Security Concerns: The Challenges Of Refugee Protection In Kenya |
| Summary | In Africa, there is an overwhelming majority of displaced people. About 25% of the world’s refugees come into being due to conflicts in Africa. The majority of these refugees find themselves in either Kenya or Ethiopia where they invariably end up in refugee camps. While refugee camps may be suitable to provide immediate assistance to refugees, when they evolve into long-term solutions, they end up creating conditions that amount to violations of human rights. In Kenya, the government has used national security concerns as a means to enforce strict encampment policies that have resulted in denying refugees basic human rights and that have exacerbated the protracted nature of the camps there. In Ethiopia, the approach is only slightly different. Camp situations are the norm, but the government routinely sets up new camps in order to alleviate the population pressure of existing ones. In addition, a few refugees are allowed to leave the refugee camps under an out of camp policy or to register as urban refugees. In these situations, refugees are able to lead independent and dignified lives. There are better outcomes for refugees when governments address the human rights violations that occur within refugee camps. Ultimately, it is better for both the refugees and the host country when refugees are allowed to move freely, to obtain documentation that allows them to work and to establish residences away from the refugee camps. The result is that the camp situations stop being the norm when it comes to refugee protection, but alternative durable solutions, such as local integration are embraced. |
| Supervisor | Ajevski, Marjan |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/njogu_valentine.pdf |
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