越来越多的索马里难民逃往肯尼亚

War and drought in Somalia are leading to an unprecedented¹ number of people fleeing across the border into Kenya, an aid agency says.

某援助机构声称，战乱和干旱导致索马里空前数量的民众越过边境逃至肯尼亚。

Save the Children is reporting that every day, about 1,300 people - at least 800 of them children - are arriving at the Dadaab refugee camp.

The monthly number of new arrivals has more than doubled in a year, it says.

Aid workers at the camp say the children are exhausted², malnourished（营养不良的） and severely³ dehydrated.

Save the Children says some families are walking for more than a month to reach the camp.

The conflict in Somalia forces many to head for the Kenyan border but a severe drought and the unaffordable cost of food has made the situation worse.

Although made up of three settlements, Dadaab is often referred to as the largest refugee camp in the world.

It is home to well over（涌出，溢出） 350,000 people.

The humanitarian⁴ agency Medecins Sans Frontieres says many of the new arrivals are in desperate need of healthcare.

It says almost half of the children arriving there have never had a vaccination⁵.

With the Somali conflict continuing and several more months of drought expected, conditions in the already overcrowded refugee camp are likely to get even worse.

Efforts to decongest（解除充血） the camp and relocate the refugees have so far made little difference.