Consider the following statements:

1. Bidibidi is a large refugee settlement in north-western Kenya.

2. Some people who fled from South Sudan civil war live in Bidibidi.

3. Some people who fled from civil war in Somalia live in Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?A.1 and 2B.2 onlyC.2 and 3D.3 only

Question

Consider the following statements: 1. Bidibidi is a large refugee settlement in north-western Kenya. 2. Some people who fled from South Sudan civil war live in Bidibidi. 3. Some people who fled from civil war in Somalia live in Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

2 and 3. The correct answer is 2 and 3. Statement 1 is wrong. Bidibidi is in Yumbe District, Uganda, not Kenya. Statement 2 is right. Bidibidi was set up for South Sudanese refugees. Statement 3 is right. Dadaab in Kenya was set up for people who fled Somalia. So 1 and 2 fails on statement 1. 2 only drops statement 3. 3 only drops statement 2. Memory hook: Bidibidi is Uganda and South Sudan. Dadaab is Kenya and Somalia. UPSC's official Series A key gives the same answer. Read more: Bidibidi and Dadaab: Two Refugee Settlements, Two Different Countries. Famine and Conflict: Yemen and South Sudan.

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