Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has announced it will reject funding from the European Union and member states in protest saying the group was setting “bad and shameful precedent” for other countries hosting refugees. According to observers, this is what motivated Kenya to announce the refugee camp shutdown and the consequent expulsion of over 300,000 refugees. On Monday, UNHCR high commissioner Flippo Grandi appealed for funds to ease Kenya's burden of hosting refugees. MSF said, last month, the Kenyan cited European migration policy to justify their decision to close the world’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab, sending its residents back to Somalia. "We cannot accept funding from the EU or the member states while at the same time treating the victims of their policies.

Source: The Star June 19, 2016 12:56 UTC