International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Urban refugees' plight

Photos: 
A muddy street in Nairobi's Eastleigh neighborhood
A widow from Somalia sits by a sewing table in an IRC-supported shop.
A Somali refugee woman sits next to a table piled high with colorful fabrics
A Somali refugee woman sits in front of a wall of colorful textiles
The front of a school for refugee women supported by the IRC
A young Somali woman shows the henna designs on her hands
A Somali schoolgirl in Nairobi, Kenya
Photo: Anne Richard/IRC

Today, almost half of the world’s refugees live in cities.  Among them are refugees from Somalia living in precarious circumstances in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.