"Queer refugees in Kenya, already displaced by fear of violence in the country, are being forced to flee the notorious Kakuma refugee camp and return to the capital of Nairobi in search of food. Rations at the massive camp, which houses over 300,000 refugees fleeing violence, privation, and political persecution around East Africa, have been slashed in the wake of foreign aid budget cuts imposed by the Trump administration and the collateral damage on aid from the United Nations and other Western countries."
""Refugees are going days without food, and those who can afford to buy are forced to do with one meal per day," said Terry Namalo, a 25-year-old Ugandan trans woman, who left Kakuma in September and headed to a safe house in Nairobi. "The hunger became too much," she told . In June, the United Nations' World Food Program said it was reducing its food and cash assistance at Kakuma and two other camps to its lowest levels on record."
""The food crisis in the camp has complicated the situation of already vulnerable queer refugees. They are being targeted (and) attacked, and other refugees are stealing the little food they have," said Lucretia, coordinator of the LGBTQ+ rights group Queers of Kakuma. The group has helped at least 200 vulnerable queer refugees move to safe houses in Nairobi between June and October as food allowances were gutted, she said."
Queer refugees in Kenya are fleeing Kakuma camp to Nairobi because food rations have been drastically cut. Kakuma houses over 300,000 refugees from across East Africa. Foreign aid budget cuts and reduced UN assistance forced the World Food Program to lower food and cash support to record lows. Queer asylum seekers face theft, targeted attacks, and hunger; many go days without food or survive on one meal daily. At least 200 vulnerable queer refugees moved to Nairobi safe houses, which are now overwhelmed, straining water, sanitation, and increasing disease risk.
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