UNHCR is pleased to share that the vast majority of Somali arrivals on the outskirts have been relocated to safety.The current population of IFO 2 West exceeds 40,000 and Ifo 2 East nearly 30,000. Relocation ton Kambioos which started much later is nearly at the 10,000 mark already.

One Aid worker shot;two abducted in Dadaab\'s Ifo 2 West on the afternoon of 13 October 2011. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees expressed his \"deep shock and indignation\" at the violent abduction of the two female MSF staff and the shooting of their driver. “These MSF colleagues were working to rescue lives,” he said. “It is wholly unacceptable that they should be made targets for kidnap. I appeal to those responsible to facilitate their immediate and safe return.” Please contact MSF for further information.

Following last Thursday’s security incident in Dadaab, UNHCR and partner agencies have been continuing life-saving work for hundreds of thousands of refugees. Our staff and more than 30 partners remain operational in Dadaab’s three camps - Ifo, Dagahaley and Hagadera - as well as the new sites of Ifo 2, and Kambioos.

UNHCR and WFP are distributing emergency food rations and relief supplies to recent arrivals. Water trucking to the new sites is ongoing while all three hospitals in Ifo, Dagahaley and Hagadera camps are providing health care to the refugees. Primary schools are being run by teachers recruited among the refugee population in the camps. UNHCR is working with the Kenyan authorities to urgently deploy more policemen in the camps to enhance security measures for refugees and aid workers alike. Dadaab is the world’s biggest refugee complex, with its sprawling camps hosting more than 463,000 refugees. Over 190,000 of them arrived this year after fleeing insecurity and famine in Somalia.

The return intention profiling survey began in Dadaab on 17 February and will be completed in 6 weeks. The exercise is a joint venture between UNHCR and IOM.

Kenyatta University Campus in Dadaab officially inaugurated on 26 February 2014. Students of the refugee and host community attend classes since Sept.2012.

On 25 and 26 Feb., UNHCR and partners engaged the refugee community in the 2014 Participatory Assessment.

The Kenyan Judiciary established a permanent Kadhi Court in Dadaab and deployed one Kadhi and three support staff on 9th February.

Between 1 and 5 Feb, the 8th round of Polio oral vaccination campaign was conducted in Dadaab camps. The last confirmed case of polio in Dadaab was in July 2013

Since the beginning of 2014, the UNHCR Dadaab operation has received 7,691 energy saving stoves and 8,999 solar lanterns.