Implications of Double Registration on Kenyan Somalis: Case of Dadaab Refugee Complex (1991-2022)
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Date
2023
Authors
Abdi, Aden Rashid
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
The study interrogated the impact of double registration of Kenyan Somalis and
refugees in Dadaab refugee camps. The research was guided by objectives that:
investigated the factors that cause Somali refugees and Kenyans in Dadaab Refugee
Complex to register twice, evaluated the consequences of double registration for
Somali refugees and Kenyans in Dadaab Refugee Complex, and finally provided
suggestions for resolving the double registration tragedy for Somali refugees and
Kenyans in Dadaab Refugee Complex. Theoretically the study was guided by
citizenship and securitization theories. The study used exploratory research design
utilizing primary and secondary data to address the aforementioned objectives.
Essential information was gathered through focus group discussions, surveys, and key
informant interviews while auxiliary information was refined to test the precision and
importance of this examination. The information was examined specifically regarding
the goals of the review. Government of Kenya and Humanitarian agencies undertook
quite a number of interventions in addressing the challenge of double registration;
however, the problem is yet to be comprehensively resolved and curbed. It was found
out that hosting refugees in Dadaab Refugee Camps has posed huge economic,
environmental, and social burdens to the Kenyan Government in general and to the
local host community in particular. The host community continues to register refugees,
further exacerbated by the services provided to the refugees, on-going ecological
degradation, and resource competition with other refugee pastoralists. To effectively
combat double registration, the study recommends that governments establish all
necessary administrative structures. If only approaches and efforts are coordinated,
prospects for finding solutions for the affected can be achieved, supported by
humanitarian organizations and local Kenyans. Both local Kenyan Somalis and
refugees should be made more aware of the potential dangers of losing one's identity
and becoming stateless, and increased efforts should be made to educate both groups.
Description
A Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Arts in International Relations and Diplomacy in the School of Law, Arts and Social Sciences of Kenyatta University, June 2023.
Keywords
Double Registration on Kenyan Somalis, Dadaab Refugee Complex (1991-2022), Somalis