Report
Integration Without Identification?
ID System Challenges for Refugees and Migrants in Kenya
Authors Caribou
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This report provides a comprehensive analysis of migration and refugee management in Kenya, focusing on the identification needs of refugees and migrants with irregular status. Looking at past and current processes of identification, it examines the evolving political and legislative landscape from the early years of independence (1963–1989), through periods of growing hostility (1989–2017), to recent efforts purportedly aimed at better integrating migrants and refugees (2017 to present). It also explores the impact of digitizing Kenya’s identification infrastructure on refugee integration. It pinpoints the various challenges faced by refugees and migrants with irregular status, who often cannot obtain relevant paper and digital IDs. As a result, they face numerous barriers to accessing education, employment, freedom of mobility, and government and financial services.
Contributors Keren Weitzberg, Saada Loo, Asha Jaffar
Date
DOI 10.64329/LVBI5031
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