UNHCR Supply Associate ‎Jobs in Kenya

UNHCR Supply Associate ‎Jobs in Kenya

The vast majority of refugees in Kenya are from Somalia,followed by refugees from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Republic of Kenya has acceded to the 1951 Convention relating to the status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol as well as the 1969 OAU Convention, and has ratified various other international instruments protecting human rights. In December 2006, Kenya enacted its first refugee legislation, the Refugees Act of 2006.

Although the 1951 Convention holds a contracting State responsible for according to refugees, lawfully staying on its territory,the right to choose their place of residence and to move freely within its territory, Kenya has since the early 1990s practiced a policy of encampment which obliges the majority of refugees to remain within the confines of UNHCR-administered refugee camps.

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