Malnourished children arriving from Somalia have been forced to wait unsheltered in the desert for an average of 12 days to be given food, medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) said in the report No Way In: The Biggest Refugee Camp in the World is Full.
The Kenyan government closed its border to refugees fleeing war in neighbouring Somalia in 2007, citing security concerns, and the United Nations (U.N.) announced in 2008 it had no more room for new arrivals.
But conflict and the worst drought in years have forced 44,000 Somalis to seek admittance into Dadaab camp since the start of this year.
"The camps are completely full. People are arriving and they do not find any space anymore, meaning they don't have access to water and other facilities," Joke van Peteghem, MSF's head of mission in Kenya, told AlertNet.

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