East Africa host countries at a crossroads: Are refugees welcome or not?
A newly registered Somali refugee supports herself on a chain-link perimeter fence outside a medical aid facility at the Dadaab Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in eastern Kenya on July 23, 2011. PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA | AFP
In February, Uganda found itself in an awkward position with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees threatening to withhold funding after allegations of inflated refugee figures in one of the camps.
This resulted in multiple investigations by the government, the UN and the European Union into accusations that aid funds had been stolen.
