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| Somalia: Increase in refugees fleeing to Kenya | Somalia: Increase in refugees fleeing to Kenya |
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| By Will Ross East Africa correspondent | By Will Ross East Africa correspondent |
| War and drought in Somalia are leading an unprecedented number of people to flee across the border into Kenya, an aid agency says. | |
| Save the Children is reporting that every day, about 1,300 people - at least 800 of them children - are arriving at the Dadaab refugee camp. | Save the Children is reporting that every day, about 1,300 people - at least 800 of them children - are arriving at the Dadaab refugee camp. |
| The monthly number of new arrivals has more than doubled in a year, it says. | The monthly number of new arrivals has more than doubled in a year, it says. |
| Aid workers at the camp say the children are exhausted, malnourished and severely dehydrated. | Aid workers at the camp say the children are exhausted, malnourished and severely dehydrated. |
| Save the Children says some families are walking for more than a month to reach the camp. | Save the Children says some families are walking for more than a month to reach the camp. |
| The conflict in Somalia forces many to head for the Kenyan border but a severe drought and the unaffordable cost of food has made the situation worse. | The conflict in Somalia forces many to head for the Kenyan border but a severe drought and the unaffordable cost of food has made the situation worse. |
| Although made up of three settlements, Dadaab is often referred to as the largest refugee camp in the world. | Although made up of three settlements, Dadaab is often referred to as the largest refugee camp in the world. |
| It is home to well over 350,000 people. | It is home to well over 350,000 people. |
| The humanitarian agency Medecins Sans Frontieres says many of the new arrivals are in desperate need of healthcare. | The humanitarian agency Medecins Sans Frontieres says many of the new arrivals are in desperate need of healthcare. |
| It says almost half of the children arriving there have never had a vaccination. | It says almost half of the children arriving there have never had a vaccination. |
| With the Somali conflict continuing and several more months of drought expected, conditions in the already overcrowded refugee camp are likely to get even worse. | With the Somali conflict continuing and several more months of drought expected, conditions in the already overcrowded refugee camp are likely to get even worse. |
| Efforts to decongest the camp and relocate the refugees have so far made little difference. | Efforts to decongest the camp and relocate the refugees have so far made little difference. |