On Monday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi appealed for funds to ease Kenya’s burden in hosting refugees. Jerome Oberreit, the secretary general of MSF, said the EU deal is the latest in a long line of policies that go against the values and the principles that enable assistance to be provided. The World Refugee Day will be marked today. “We cannot accept funding from the EU or the member states, while at the same time treating the victims of their policies,” he said. According to observers, this is what motivated Kenya to announce the refugee camp shutdown and expulsion of 300,000 refugees.

Source: The Star June 20, 2016 08:15 UTC