A girl goes to fetch water for her mother in Daadab. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

Refugees tend their flock. Land issues are a major problem with local Kenyans complaining the refugees are using too much and and grazing their animals limits the locals ability to graze their animals. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

Water collection is a problem in the camps in Dadaab. The officials say that the minimum standard of 15 litres per person per day in only just met. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

Fartun Abdullahi 16 was shot in the side of the head and blinded in Mogadishu. She has waited in Daghahaley camp for 6 months and received no medical treatment. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

Samira 55 lies in her bed awaiting medical help. She has been denied medical attention because she is not registered. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

A child helps his father build a shelter just before the rainy season arrives. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

A mother cooks for her children and 22 others who share her compound. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

Fatima was the only survivor at the age of 4 of a bombing on her home. She grew up thinking another woman was her mother and only found out when she was renounced on her wedding day. Her husband to be left her and she has not seen her adoptive parents for 5 years. She now works as a maid in Kenya. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

Murayad Ahmed Dore lost 4 of her children in a bomb attack on her compound in Mogadishu. She now waits with her remaining children for registration. She has not eaten a full meal in a week. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

Mohamed (not his real name) was tortured by the Al Shabaab the Islamic Insurgency group operating in Somalia, to force him to work for them. He escaped and fled to Kenya. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

Noor Omar Issack 90 Lives at IFO camp in Dadaab. He ws arrested in 2007 by the Kenyan Police for being in the country illegally. He was fined 10,000. Under international refugee law this is illegal. All people fleeing Somalia are classed as refugees and have the right to be in Kenya. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

Hawa Ibrahim Hasan 90 has been in Dadaab camp for 3 months with no registration, she lives under a bush and has no food allocation. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

The Mother of Ahmed shows people an xray of her sons spine which has a bullet lodged in it after an attack in Mogadishu. He is now paralysed. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

Anisa Ahmed Abdalla a Pakistani married to a Somali fled Mogadishu by boat. She took her 6 children and was subject to bandits, sinking boats and many treacherous stops before arriving in Kenya. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.

A child picks clothing from a bush in his residence in the Daghahaley, Dadaab refugee camp. Somalis have been fleeing fighting and insecurity for the past 20 years. The subsequent refugee camp in Dadaab is now the largest in the world with an official 215,000 or an unofficial 250,000. Recent arrivals recount rape, summary executions and indiscriminate bombing in Somalia. After fleeing and facing bandits where many are robbed, raped and killed. When arriving in Kenya many report being detained illegally by Kenyan police. They recount stories of beatings rape and extortion in Kenyan jails. Many of the new arrivals have to wait several months before they are registered and eligible for food and help with relocation and accommodation. In the 3 or 4 months they must wait they are forced to fend for themselves.