Police Abuse of Somali Refugees
Based on interviews with over 100 refugees, this 99-page report documents widespread police extortion of asylum seekers trying to reach three camps near the Kenyan town of Dadaab, the world's largest refugee settlement. Police use violence, arbitrary arrest, unlawful detention in inhuman and degrading conditions, threats of deportation, and wrongful prosecution for "unlawful presence" to extort money from the new arrivals - men, women, and children alike. In some cases, police also rape women. In early 2010 alone, hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Somalis unable to pay extortion demands were sent back to Somalia, in flagrant violation of Kenyan and international law.
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ISBN: 1-56432-641-1
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Table of Contents
- “Welcome to Kenya”
- Maps
- Summary
- Key Recommendations
- Methodology
- I. Border and Refugee Transit Center Closures: A Recipe for Police Abuses
- II. Police Abuses against Asylum Seekers near the Dadaab Refugee Camps
- III. Abuse of Asylum Seekers by Criminals in the Border Areas
- IV. Police Violence against Refugees in the Dadaab Refugee Camps
- V. Police Failures to Respond to Sexual Violence in the Dadaab Refugee Camps
- VI. Unlawful Restriction on Refugees’ Free Movement and Abusive Imprisonment of Refugees Convicted of Moving without Permission
- VII. UNHCR’s Role in Monitoring Violations of the Rights of Asylum Seekers and Refugees
- VIII. Comprehensive Recommendations
- IX. Acknowledgments
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