Catastrophic Proportions: Visa Office

Refugee Camp Dept: Canada has already contributed $11.5 million to deal with the situation, and has supported CARE Canada's management of the swollen Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya for the last 20 years, according to CTV. The Canadian Somali Congress and the Canadian Council for Refugees note that Canada's visa office in Nairobi, which handles East Africa, has one of the worst backlogs in processing refugees in the system -- 37 months for government-assisted refugees and 51 months for those sponsored by private organizations and tens of thousands of Somalis are fleeing their drought- and violence-stricken communities to seek shelter in neighbouring countries, particularly Kenya. But the crisis has reached catastrophic proportions, with an estimated 60,000 refugees waiting outside the camp for refuge -- and that number growing steadily. As reported in the news.
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