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“Welcome to Kenya”Police Abuse of Somali RefugeesGET THE REPORT
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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“Welcome to Kenya”MapsSummaryKey RecommendationsMethodologyI. Border and Refugee Transit Center Closures: A ...II. Police Abuses against Asylum Seekers near the ...III. Abuse of Asylum Seekers by Criminals in the ...IV. Police Violence against Refugees in the ...V. Police Failures to Respond to Sexual Violence ...VI. Unlawful Restriction on Refugees’ Free ...VII. UNHCR’s Role in Monitoring Violations of ...VIII. Comprehensive RecommendationsIX. Acknowledgments
“Welcome to Kenya”
Police Abuse of Somali Refugees
Maps
Summary
Key Recommendations
Methodology
I. Border and Refugee Transit Center
Closures: A Recipe for Police Abuses
Border Closure
Closure of the Liboi Refugee Transit
Center
Possible Opening of a New Refugee
Screening Center in Liboi
II. Police Abuses against Asylum
Seekers near the Dadaab Refugee Camps
Extortion and Violence in the Border
Areas
Police Extortion in the Border Areas
near Liboi
Police Violence in the Border Areas near
Liboi
Unlawful Arrest and Detention of
Asylum Seekers and Abusive and Inhumane Conditions of Detention
The Liboi Police Station
The Dadaab
Police Station
The Garissa Police
Station and Magistrates’ Court
Standards Governing the Detention of
Asylum Seekers
Refoulement of Hundreds of Somali
Asylum Seekers in Early 2010
Prohibition of Refoulement
III. Abuse of Asylum Seekers by
Criminals in the Border Areas
IV. Police Violence against Refugees
in the Dadaab Refugee Camps
Police Violence and Degrading
Treatment in Public and in Refugees’ Homes
Police Violence in
Ifo Camp Police Station
V. Police Failures to Respond to
Sexual Violence in the Dadaab Refugee Camps
Noted Patterns of Sexual Violence
& Consequences for Survivors
Violence against Women without Male
Relatives and Minority Women
Assault of Girls and the Use of Drugs
Cycles of Violence Affecting Women
Who Exchange Sex as a Means of Subsistence
Physical Consequences of Rape Related
to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Stigma, Abandonment, and Violence
Following Rape
Failures to Investigate and Prosecute
Sexual Violence
Investigations Bought and Sold
Collection of Forensic Evidence
Arrest and Release
Consequences of Police Inaction
Police Capacity to Respond to Sexual
Violence
Police Capacity to Prevent Sexual
Violence
VI. Unlawful Restriction on Refugees’
Free Movement and Abusive Imprisonment of Refugees Convicted of Moving without
Permission
Kenya’s De Facto Encampment
Policy
Keeping Refugees in “Designated
Areas”
Special Permission to Move with
“Movement Passes”
Security Agencies Taking Over: The
“Security Vetting Committee”
Arrest of Refugees with Valid
Movement Passes and Intercepting Ambulances
Imprisoning Refugees without Movement
Passes and Abuses in Garissa Prison
Legal Principles
VII. UNHCR’s Role in Monitoring
Violations of the Rights of Asylum Seekers and Refugees
VIII. Comprehensive Recommendations
To the Government of Kenya
To the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
To the African Commission on Human
and Peoples’ Rights Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, IDPs,
and Migrants in Africa
To Donor and Resettlement Governments
Providing Support to UNHCR and to Kenya
IX. Acknowledgments
“Welcome to Kenya”MapsSummaryKey RecommendationsMethodologyI. Border and Refugee Transit Center Closures: A ...II. Police Abuses against Asylum Seekers near the ...III. Abuse of Asylum Seekers by Criminals in the ...IV. Police Violence against Refugees in the ...V. Police Failures to Respond to Sexual Violence ...VI. Unlawful Restriction on Refugees’ Free ...VII. UNHCR’s Role in Monitoring Violations of ...VIII. Comprehensive RecommendationsIX. Acknowledgments
Verknüpfte Dokumente
- Dokument-ID 1338247 Verwandt / Verknüpft
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Pressemitteilung zu Bericht zu Polizeigewalt gegen somalische Asylwerber·innen nahe Dadaab
"Welcome to Kenya" (Appell oder Pressemitteilung, Englisch)
- Dokument-ID 1338247 Verwandt / Verknüpft
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Pressemitteilung zu Bericht zu Polizeigewalt gegen somalische Asylwerber·innen nahe Dadaab
"Welcome to Kenya" (Appell oder Pressemitteilung, Deutsch)
- Dokument-ID 1338247 Verwandt / Verknüpft
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Pressemitteilung zu Bericht zu Polizeigewalt gegen somalische Asylwerber·innen nahe Dadaab
"Welcome to Kenya" (Appell oder Pressemitteilung, Französisch)
- Dokument-ID 1338247 Verwandt / Verknüpft
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Bericht zu Polizeigewalt gegen somalische Asylwerber·innen nahe Dadaab
"Welcome to Kenya" (Spezieller Bericht oder Analyse, Englisch)
