Ben Rawlence is the author of “City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp,” an account of life in Dadaab. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/ben-rawlence/rss en Laws & Policy Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:43:56 +0000 Ben Rawlence https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/01/31/trump-may-have-triggered-a-new-refugee-crisis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/01/31/trump-may-have-triggered-a-new-refugee-crisis Trump’s executive order has shattered not just lives, but the whole refugee system, says Ben Rawlence, author of a book about the world’s largest refugee camp in Kenya. With no prospect of resettlement in the U.S., desperate young men will increasingly head to Europe. Crises & Conflicts Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:33:04 +0000 Ben Rawlence https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/15/kenyas-dadaab-how-not-to-close-a-refugee-camp https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/15/kenyas-dadaab-how-not-to-close-a-refugee-camp With the U.N. summit on refugees and migrants about to convene, Ben Rawlence, author of “City of Thorns,” who has spent five years visiting Dadaab, writes from the camp, explaining that the mass returns of refugees to Somalia are far from “voluntary” in reality.