WorldsAid historical record · Node 511
Hagadera Refugee Camp
The second, third, and fourth-largest refugee camps in the world all belong to the Dadaab refugee complex in southeastern Kenya.
- Original publication
- 2020-12-28
- Event / place
- KE · Humanitarian CAMPs
- Recovery reviewed
- 13 September 2026
About this record
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Retained report text
The second, third, and fourth-largest refugee camps in the world all belong to the Dadaab refugee complex in southeastern Kenya. Hagadera, the largest of the five camps (and the second largest in the world), is home to over 100,000 refugees, of which over 95% hail from Somalia. In the quarter-century since it was founded, Hagadera has evolved into a veritable city, with a strong economy undergirded by a vibrant central market. The camp is highly congested, and many occupants have built informal housing settlements on the camp’s outskirts. In order to alleviate overcrowding, camp officials have begun to relocate occupants to the newest Dadaab refugee camp, Kambioos.
Historical context
Camp rankings, population totals, service descriptions and references to relocation in the retained text describe an earlier period. Use the UNHCR Dadaab page for present-day reporting; this restoration does not verify current camp status.
Dated figures
- Population in retained record
- 105998
Record dated 28 December 2020; not a current population estimate
Citations of this record
- Hungarian Defence Review · 2024
Uses Hagadera as an example of a refugee camp developing into a town. This publication and the Ludovika article have the same author and closely related subject matter; they are two publication records, not two proven independent studies.
- Ludovika University · Műszaki Katonai Közlöny · 2024
References Hagadera Refugee Camp in an article about infrastructure for temporary accommodation of people displaced by disasters and the role of an NGO.
- Wikipedia · Reference retrieved in 2023
The encyclopedia article cites WorldsAid’s Hagadera camp profile.
Sources and recovery history
- UNHCR Kenya · Dadaab Refugee Complex
- Műszaki Katonai Közlöny · independent citation of WorldsAid node 511
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