Ifo Refugee Camp is a refugee camp in Dadaab in Kenya. It was established in 1991 with initial goal of accommodating refugees from Somalia due to the civil war which was ongoing. [1][2][3] It is among the three refugee camps in Dadaab, Garissa county in Eastern Kenya, 100 km from the Somalia border. [1] .

4 天之前 · Ifo, the oldest of the five Dadaab camps, provides accommodation for refugees from over ten countries, although most are from Somalia. Like many of the camps on this list, Ifo is severely overcrowded: most household plots are just 12m x 15m, and all nine sectors of the camp have exceeded their designated capacities.

There are now three refugee camps and the Ifo 2 integrated settlement. Somali refugees represent more than 96% of the population. The three Dadaab camps are Dagahaley, Ifo and Hagadera. The first two are located in Lagdera (Dadaab) district while Hagadera is located in the neighbouring Fafi district.

It is the site of a UNHCR base hosting 302,805 registered refugees and asylum seekers as of 31 October 2023, [1] in four camps (Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo, and Ifo 2), [2] making it one of the largest in the world behind Kutupalong refugee camp. [3][4][5][6] The centre is run by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and its ...

2015年8月12日 · Established in 1991, Ifo is the oldest of the five refugee camps in Dadaab, currently accommodating refugees from ten countries. Due to the influx of new arrivals fleeing war and famine in...

For Dadaab is the largest refugee camp in the world. If it was a city, it would be one of Kenya's largest. But most of the people here do not come by choice. They're men, women and children …

Ifo refugee camp is a home to refugees from ten countries namely Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, DRC, Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Eritrea. As of 1 August 2015, Ifo refugee camp had a population of 84181 refugees with 41992 as male and 42189 were female.

Abdullai Omar is a Somalian refugee who lives in the Ifo Refugee Camp in Dadaab, Kenya. Mr. Omar lost his arm because he was attacked by a terrorist organization when he was fleeing from it. The Ifo camp is the oldest camp in Dadaab and was created in 1991 as a result of political problems in Somalia.

4 天之前 · Ifo II is also one of the newest refugee camps in Dadaab. It was opened in July 2011, to decongest Ifo and Dagahaley camps. Ifo II is divided into two sub-camps, Ifo II East and Ifo II West, and demarcated into 18 sections comprising four to nine blocks each.

The Ifo 2 camp extension was originally constructed in 2007 by the Norwegian Refugee Council in response to major flooding that destroyed over 2,000 homes in the Ifo refugee camp. However, legal problems with the Kenyan Government prevented Ifo 2 from fully opening for relocation.