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HIGHLIGHTS
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As at 21 May 2015, Kakuma had received 45,852 asylum seekers from South Sudan.
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As at 17 May, 183,492 refugees and asylum seekers had been registered by UNHCR and DRA, with South Sudanese refugees making up 50.1% of the total camp population.
UPDATE ON ACHIEVEMENTS
Operational Context UNHCR continued to conduct border monitoring visits to Nadapal three days a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) to ensure that asylum seekers received at the border have unhindered access to asylum and are treated humanely.
The trend of daily new arrivals has remained low; UNHCR has maintained a weekly convoy to the border to pick new arrivals, in the past week, 16 new arrivals were received. The trend continues to be monitored closely for any possible upsurge.
Issues of visa charges at the border by Immigration officials continue to pose a challenge to unhindered access to asylum seekers from South Sudan, despite the prima-facie status conferred on them by the Kenya Government since 1st August 2014. On average, adults are charged KES 5,000 (about USD 50). Discussions have been ongoing between the Immigration Office in Nairobi, UNHCR, the Department of Refugee Affairs and the Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK) to address the matter