Press Release: Commission provides EUR 2 million in humanitarian aid for Somali refugees in Kenya

The European Commission has allocated €2 million in humanitarian aid to support the rising number of Somali refugees in Kenya. Since the beginning of 2006, Kenya has seen a steadily increasing refugee influx from Somalia. Each day around 1,200 Somali refugees arrive currently in Kenya. The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has so far registered 32,000 new arrivals this year on top of the 126,000 Somalis already living in refugee camps in Kenya. The aim of the Commission's assistance is to support activities covering the basic needs of the new Somali refugees (shelter, food, basic health services, sanitation).

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