Two weeks ago, Kenya issued an ultimatum for the UNHCR to present a plan for the closure of two huge refugee camps. Its deadline just expired. On 24 March, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for the Interior issued a 14-day ultimatum requiring the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) to develop a “road map” for the closure of the country’s two refugee camps. He alluded to disputed allegations that Kakuma and Dadaab provide cover for al-Shabaab militants and insisted that there is “no room for further negotiations”. Some have speculated that the government is using refugees as bargaining chips in an ongoing maritime border […]