Information on the location of a town in Somalia called Ifo could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, for the location of a Kenyan refugee camp called Ifo, please see map on page 3 of the attached May 1994 UNHCR Information Bulletin.

Specific information on the current and past UNHCR practices concerning the relocation of Somali refugees from Utange to Ifo and on the route followed by Somali refugees being relocated from Utange to Ifo could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, for general information on the UNHCR repatriation of Somalis from Kenya, please refer to the attached documents.

Please note that on 10 April 1995, the UNHCR shut down the Utange camp, the largest refugee camp in Kenya, following a four month repatriation program of Somali refugees (Reuters 10 Apr. 1995).

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Reuters. 10 April 1995. BC Cycle. Buchizya Mseteka. "U.N. Shuts Down Biggest Refugee Camp in Kenya." (NEXIS)

UNHCR Information Bulletin [Nairobi]. May 1994. "Kenya: Southern Somalia."

Agence France Presse (AFP). 19 October 1994. "UNHCR to Start Repatriation of Somali Refugees from Kenya." (NEXIS)

Daily Nation [Nairobi, in English]. 14 March 1995. "Government Tells UNHCR to Close Refugee Camp." (FBIS-AFR-95-051 16 Mar. 1995, p. 3)

Reuters. 10 April 1995. BC Cycle. Buchizya Mseteka. "U.N. Shuts Down Biggest Refugee Camp in Kenya." (NEXIS)

_____. 28 September 1994. BC Cycle. Nanna Mwaluko. "Somali Child Prostitutes Find Conflict in Kenya." (NEXIS)

UNHCR Information Bulletin [Nairobi]. May 1994. "Kenya: Southern Somalia," pp. 1-11.

UNHCR. 31 January 1995. "Kenya: Public Information Section Fact Sheet." (WEB)

_____. 6 October 1993. "Kenya: Public Information Section Fact Sheet." (HCRVIEWS)

The United Press International (UPI). 1 July 1994. BC Cycle. "UNHCR Appeals for Funds for Somalia." (NEXIS)

Atlases and maps available at the DIRB.

On-Line searches for news articles (NEXIS).

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.

UNHCR publications and databases.