Speaker of the Senate, Kenneth Lusaka has called on MPs at the 138th Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly to spearhead migrant and refugee reforms in their countries.
While making his contribution to the Assembly attended by 751 MPs, Lusaka noted that migration reforms and refugee protection were of crucial importance but remained a thorn in the flesh of many countries.
“Various countries’ administrations, political leadership, non-state actors as well as the global community have and will continue to grapple with these reforms which have far-reaching socio-economic and political implications,” said on Monday.
In 2013, Kenya, Somalia, and UNHCR signed a Tripartite Agreement to help Somali refugees from Daadab begin voluntarily returning home to nine designated areas in South Central regions and in Puntland and Somaliland that are deemed relatively safe.