| Abstrakt: |
Political conflict has decimated vast areas in Africa, and drought, floods, and famine have exacerbated massive refugee mobility. However, attempts at solving the refugee problem have seen varied responses from different countries. While some countries exhibit an unwelcoming position in this regard, others, like Kenya, Tanzania, and Nigeria, have provided refugees with enormous assistance, such as refugee camps. The generosity of these countries, particularly Kenya, has led to the creation of a series of refugee camps across the country, such as the Dadaab and Kakuma camps. Though these refugees seek better opportunities and often contribute significantly to the economies of their host states, there have also been reports of increasing insecurity. The security challenges have manifested in violence such as rape, killing, armed robbery, child trafficking, and terrorist attacks. The paper explores how refugees have been considered a security threat to Kenyan national security. And how the impacts of the reconstruction of the refugees' have challenged the rights and protection of the refugees in the host state. To articulate its perspective, the paper leaned entirely on a review of existing literature such as papers, textbooks, and archival materials. Until now, the human security paradigm has been adopted as the theoretical framework to establish the relationship between the variables (security, and refugees) in this study. The paper concludes that the overall security of a state is significant and should not be jeopardised at the expense of refugees' rights and protection. as states are not internationally obliged to accept refugees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
