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KENYA / GRANDI DADAB CAMP
STORY: KENYA / GRANDI DADAAB CAMP
TRT: 2:36
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 JUNE 2016, DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP, KENYA
1. Wide shot, Somali refugees singing and waving flags
2. Med shot, HC Filippo Grandi greeting the refugees
3. Wide shot, HC walking through camp with officials
4. Wide shot, Dadaab camp
5. Med shot, refugees walking in camp
6. Close up, refugee women walking
7. Med shot, Habiba Abdullahi walking
8. Wide shot, Habiba Abdullahi walking
9. Close up, Habiba Abdullahi walking
10. SOUNDIBTE (English) Halima, Somali Refugee:
“We are ready to go back to our country but it is not the time, today or tomorrow, because the challenges and the reasons why we fled from Somalia, still some of the challenges are still there. So we are requesting the international community and the government of Kenya, to at least continue supporting us where we are in Dadaab refugee camp.”
11. Med shot UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi arriving at a meeting with refugee representatives
12. Wide shot, refugees seated inside tent
13. Close up, refugees at meeting
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commisioner for Refugees, United Nations:
“The best solution for Somali refugees and in fact any refugees is to go back in safety and dignity to their own country Somalia, on a voluntary basis according to international principles and in the context of the tripartite arrangement that exist between Kenya Somalia and UNHCR as a facilitation agency.”
15. Med shot, Somali refugees listening
16. Close up, Somali refugee
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commisioner for Refugees, United Nations:
“We cannot treat this problem of Somali refugees with business as usual. We have to turn the page and what is most important is investing, investing in Somalia as I said is very important and it is not just an economic and material investment, it is investing in the security of that country and in its political stability.”
18. Med shot, refugees listening
19. Close up, refugee listening
20. Med shot, Somali women
21. Close up, Somali woman
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commisioner for Refugees, United Nations:
“As the High Commissioner for Refugees, I hope they will listen to me when I say that the refugees here cannot be forgotten.”
23. Med shot, HC talking to refugee family
24. Med shot, HC shaking hands with refugee family
The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi arrived today (10 Jun) at Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp.
The visit comes as the Kenyan government says it wants to close the world’s largest refugee camp. The sprawling complex is home to more than 350,000 refugees. Most refugees are from neighboring Somalia.
Refugees like Habiba Abdulman has spent nearly her entire life in Dadaab. She, like many others want to return Somalia one day, but only when it’s safe for her family.
In 2013, UNHCR and the two governments agreed to help Somali refugees with voluntarily returns. To date, more than 14,000 have gone back. Grandi said any repatriation must be humane and sustainable. He said the best solution if for Somali refugees or any refugees to go back in “safety and dignity” to their own country.
Local leaders told Grandi that they sympathized with refugees, but that the situation has been hard for communities hosting them.
The high commissioner said that the international community needs to offer real support and solutions to Somalis and that this issue cannot be treated as “business as usual”.
He assured the refugees that UNHCR continues to stand with them and that it would work to make sure their plight is not ignored.
His three-day visit includes Kenya and Somalia where he will meet with leaders of both nations, refugees, as well as Somalis who have returned to their country.
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