Utange Refugees from Somalia ( 1992 )

The Utanga camp was set up by the Government of Kenya to care for refugees coming from Somalia. UNHCR was responsible for housing and registering refugees.  The Kenya Red Cross Society was in charge of running the camp and, together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, took care of the water supply, the sanitary facilities, the health care and the food distribution. The Federation launched an appeal to fund three operations in Kenya: famine in north east; tribal conflict with population movement in the west and refugee influx from Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.

00:38 Opening Title
01:17 Roles of UNCHR and IFRC in refugee camps
07:54 Migration due to the political and geographical situations
09:32 Closing credits

Year:  1992

Producer:  IFRC and Manustvatten Stryker ALLT AB

Copyright: IFRC

Country:  Kenya

Duration:  10:12 minutes

Language:  English

Original format:  Umatic video tape

File name: 0080480.mp4

For queries about copyright and the re-use of this film, please contact Archives.Contact[at]ifrc.org .

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