Kenyan Fieldwork Summer 2019

Dr Caroline Nalule was based in Kenya (December and May-July 2019) where she met with NGOs, both in Nairobi and Kakuma that work with refugees and also spoke to Kenyan academics and a refugee law practitioner. She held extensive discussions with the Government of Kenya Refugee Affairs Secretariat, both in Nairobi and Kakuma, as well as with officers of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This research included individual interviews, with refugees and asylum seekers, and two focus group discussions to help provide an overview of what refugees and asylum seekers think of the recognition process in Kenya, suggested improvements to the process as well as challenges they faced in integration into Kenyan society.