LEADER 03015cam a22004335i 4500001 99131234360506421 005 20170413131211.0 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 020129s2017 dcu o i00 0 eng^^ 024 7 10.1596/26269 |2doi 035 (CKB)4920000001214832 035 (The World Bank)26269 035 (US-djbf)26269 035 (EXLCZ)994920000001214832 040 DJBF |beng |cDJBF |erda 100 1 Alix-Garcia, Jennifer. 245 14 The Economics of Hosting Refugees : |bA Host Community Perspective from Turkana. / |cJennifer Alix-Garcia. 246 Economics of Hosting Refugees 264 1 Washington, D.C. : |bThe World Bank, |c2017. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 347 data file |2rda 490 1 Other papers 520 3 In 1991, thousands of South Sudanese boys walked into Kenya. Having fled war in their own countries, about 20 thousand of these "lost boys" first tried taking refuge in Ethiopia. With no real options to stay, many were killed on their walk back to South Sudan or while attempting to swim the crocodile infested River Gilo, before entering Kenya. Between 7 thousand and 10 thousand were estimated to have made it alive to Kenya at that time, with no possessions besides the clothes on their back. The arrival of these "lost boys" eventually transformed how the Kenyan Government approached the issue of refugees. The Government had allowed for the integration of arriving refugees into the Kenyan population up until that point. The arrival of these "lost boys" marked the beginning of the encampment strategy in Kenya. From that point onwards, the refugee screening process was turned over from the Kenyan government to the United Nations High Commission for Refugess (UNHCR) . The boys were initially housed in a temporary camp located closer to the Sudanese border, in the town of Lokichogio. In June of 1002, the camp was relocated farther south to Kakuma Town, in the central Turkana region, where it has remained since. Flash-forward 35 years, with more than 180 thousand refuges, the Kakuma Refugee Camp stands as one of the largest urban settlements on the plains of Turkana. The camp currently houses individuals from different nationalities, primarily Sudanese, Somalis and Ethiopians. There is a significant internal economy of goods and services, bolstered by the goods (especially food) and public services provided by international organizations. 650 4 Access of Poor to Social Services 650 4 Armed Conflict 650 4 Conflict and Development 650 4 Economic Management 650 4 Human Migrations & Resettlements 650 4 Post Conflict Reconstruction 650 4 Poverty Reduction 650 4 Refugees 650 4 Services & Transfers to Poor 650 4 Social Development 700 1 Alix-Garcia, Jennifer. 700 1 Artuc, Erhan. 700 1 Onder, Harun. 830 0 Other papers 830 0 World Bank e-Library. 906 BOOK