Q82. Consider the following statements:
- Bidibidi is a large refugee settlement in northwestern Kenya.
- Some people who fled from the South Sudan civil war live in Bidibidi.
- Some people who fled from civil war in Somalia
live in the Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 only
c) 2 and 3
d) 3 only
Answer (c)
- Bidibidi became the World’s second-largest refugee settlement in the World and the biggest in Africa.
- Statement 1 is incorrect: The Bidibidi Refugee Settlement is located in the West Nile Area of Uganda and is home to over 270,000 South Sudanese refugees — the second largest refugee settlement in the world.
- Statement 2 is correct: Bidibidi is home to more than 270,000 refugees mostly from South Sudan. The Uganda Government and other NGOs have worked to create a settlement rather than a camp to host and contain the influx of the growing number of asylum seekers from South Sudan.
- Statement 3 is correct: Dadaab refugee (Kenya) the complex consists of three camps. The three Dadaab camps are Dagahaley, Ifo and Hagadera. The first two are located in Lagdera (Dadaab) district while Hagadera is located in the neighboring Fafi district. The first camp was established in 1991, when refugees fleeing the civil war in Somalia started to cross the border into Kenya. A second large influx occurred in 2011, when some 130,000 refugees arrived, fleeing drought and famine in southern Somalia. Humanitarian assistance at the camp has waned in the last few months following Kenya’s announcement that it will close the camps in June 2022
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