Dagahaley refugee camp, also part of the Dadaab complex, is the third-largest refugee camp in the world, with a population of nearly 90,000 people. Like Hagadera, the camp was rapidly constructed in the early 1990s in response to the Somali Civil War, and has well outlasted its expected retirement date.

In 2011, an uptick in violence—coupled with ongoing droughts and famine—drove an unanticipated number families to seek refuge in Dagahaley. The subsequent overcrowding, and spillover into land beyond the camp’s official boundaries, has led to friction between camp occupants and Kenyan locals. In response, the Kenyan government has threatened to close the camp altogether, and its fate is uncertain.