Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO)
Daniel Dickinson, ECHO
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/echo

As the conflict in Somalia intensifies, the number of people fleeing the fighting between clans across the country has been increasing. Many people are heading across the Kenyan border to the Dadaab refugee camp, which now accommodates around 270,000 refugees, three times its intended capacity. It’s been dubbed the ‘world’s largest refugee camp.’

Many of the younger refugees have never lived in Somalia and there are limited education facilities in the camp, leading to worries that a generation of disaffected youth is growing up.

Many have fled the intense fighting in cities like Mogadishu and Kismayo. Many arrive traumatised; this boy got separated from his parents during their flight from Mogadishu in April.

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