Consider the following statements: 1. Bidibidi is a large refugee settlement in north -western Kenya. 2. Some people who fled from South Sudan civil war live in Bidibidi. 3. Some people who fled from civil war in Somalia live in Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
This questions was previously asked in
UPSC CSP Previous Year Paper (2022)
Explanation:
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. The Bidibidi area was a small village before becoming a refugee settlement which was opened in August 2016. Since then, 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 the asylum seekers from South Sudan. Hence statement 1 is not correct and statement 2 is correct. Dadaab Refugee Camp is located in Dadaab, Kenya. 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 last few months following Kenya's announcement that it will close the camps in June 2022. Hence statement 3 is correct.
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By: Parvesh Mehta