Garissa MCAs yesterday said the state has sidelined them in the repatriation process of 350,000 Somali refugees in the Dadaab camp. As the local host community, we feel we should be involved in every step of the repatriation process,” he said. “We want to know the fate of our host community development projects that were promised by the previous High Commissioner António Guterres. Jarajila MCA Mahat Osman urged the government to plan how it will compensate the host community, saying their land has been degraded. “The refugees have completely destroyed the environment and led to the dilapidation of infrastructure that was there before,” he added.

Source: The Star June 30, 2016 01:55 UTC