![Hamsa Jama hassan (30) has completed all the stages required in the resttlement program. This includes medical check-ups and interviews. He has received a certificate of completion from the Resettlement Support Centre (Africa), or RSC, which confirms that he is eligible for resettlement in the USA and has satisfied all requirements. He has even been allocated a resettlement location in Richland, USA (Note for editors: Details and names of places are highly sensitive information, not for publication!)
However, Hamsa is not happy. He has folowed the political situation in the USA since the inauguration of Donald Trump. He has learnt about the latest ban on Somalis from visiting the USA. He feels bad about this. All his efforts seem to have been in vain. Although the ban is temporary (90 days), he suspects that it will be prolonged, or stricter measures are going to be put in place. He might have to begin his resettlement efforts from scratch. "There is no hope, I can tell you", he says.
Hamsa was born in Jilib, Somalia (near Kismayu) in 1987. Together with his uncle (who has successfully relocated to the USA), they ran away from militias in 1991 and settled in Dadaab refugee camp. Later he was relocated to Kakuma to enable him to continue with his resettlement processing. Photo: NRC/Nashon Tado](/image/40662/img_5929.jpg?width=768&height=384)
KENYA/Kakuma flyktningleir: – Jeg hadde fullført alle stegene inkludert legesjekker og intervjuer. Jeg mottok et sertifikat fra Resettlement Support Centre (RSC) som bekreftet at jeg hadde fullført prosessen, og at jeg møtte kravene for gjenbosetting i USA. Jeg ble til og med tildelt et bosted, sier Hamsa Jama Hassan (30).
Fredag 27. januar innførte USAs president Donald Trump et forbud mot innreise fra syv muslimske majoritetsland, Iran, Irak, Syria, Somalia, Sudan og Jemen, og innførte samtidig et fire måneders opphold i all gjenbosetting av flyktningers til USA.
26.000 berørte
Siden da har 26.000 flyktninger i Kenya blitt rammet av forbudet, de fleste fra Somalia, ifølge FNs høykommissær for flyktninger (UNHCR).
– Denne beslutningen plasserer byrden på land som allerede er overbelastet, sier Geno Teofilo, medierådgiver i Flyktninghjelpen. Lav- og mellominntektsland tar i dag imot ni av 10 av verdens flyktninger.
I Kenya har halvparten av de 26.000 flyktningene som er berørte av innreiseforbudet allerede fått innvilget gjenbosetting i USA. Resten venter på å bli intervjuet av det amerikanske utenriksdepartementet, ifølge UNHCR.
Den somaliske flyktningen Bihi, hans kone Halay Hussein Barre, og de 10 barna deres har bodd i flyktningleiren Kakuma i Kenya i nesten fire år mens de har ventet på at søknad om gjenbosetting i USA skal bli behandlet.
–Trump har knust alle våre drømmene, sier han til Reuters.
Mister håpet
Hamsa har fulgt den politiske situasjonen i USA siden innsettelsen av Donald Trump. Han får en dårlig følelse av innreiseforbudet rettet mot somaliske flyktninger. Selv om innreiseforbudet er midlertidig (90 dager), mistenker han at det kommer til å bli forlenget, eller at strengere tiltak blir iverksatt.
– Nå må jeg kanskje starte forfra med prosessen min for å få komme til USA. Jeg er veldig ulykkelig og er i ferd med å miste alt håp, sier han.
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![Dahir Mohammed Hassan (36) is a father of four children. He has lived at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya since 2014. His oldest child is 7 years and the youngest is just 6 months old. He is among tens of refugees in Kakuma who are processing documents hoping to be resettled in the United States of America. "I began this process back in Dadaab refugee camp in 2009. I have completed the first and second phases of the resettlement program. I am waiting to be called in for medical examinations and checks before i can receive a clean bill of health", he says.
But the long wait worries him. "I have not received any communication from the agencies (IOM and UNHCR) for over 4 years (2014 up until 2017) since I last presented my case. They only tell me to keep waiting", he explains.
Difficult living conditions are pushing him to look for resettlement in the USA, he says. "I am willing to do any job once in the USA, including washing toilets, cleaning dishes, security and any other job that can enable me to feed my family", he says. He speaks English, which he says will helkp him to integrate and adapt quickly to life in the USA. Photo: NRC/Nashon Tado](/image/40664/img_5940.jpg?width=768&height=513)
![Kosar Halima Hussein (57) got her resettlement request approved in April 2015. She has done two medical tests successfully. Her case has been put on hold temporarily. She is worried because her medical result will expire in April 2017. She has heard about the 90 day ban imposed by the US president Donald Trump. She can already see that her medical result will have expired by the time the ban has expired. She appeals to the American president to lift the ban to enable her to complete her resettlement process.
Photo: NRC/Nashon Tado](/image/40657/img_6186.jpg?width=768&height=513)
![Maryan Dahir muhamed (30) is mother of four children, she relocated to Kakuma refugee camp in May 2013. She used to live in Dagahaley section of Dadaab refugee camp (2009 - 2013).
Maryan's son Zakaria has a complex medical called known as hydrocephalus. He has a swollen head resulting from fluid accumulation. He has has undergone 6 head surgeries at the Kijabe Mission Hospital in Kenya. These have done little to cure his condition. A catheter has been implanted inside his head to help drain the fluid into his lower body to ease the head pressure. This condition started to develop one week after Zakaria was born. He has feeding problems. While he needs a special diet that helps to remedy his condition, this cannot be derived from the WFP food ration system (maize, oil, salt, beans and cereals). In addition, as per the doctor's prescription he needs to consume a large amount of milk to provide the necessary nutrients to fight the hydrocephalus condition. His mother, Maryan, cannot afford 2,500 Kenyan Shillings that is needed to buy a 5-litre can of preserved milk.
Maryan's application for US resettlement was rejected by the US Immigration Centre (CIS). She was not informed why her request was not granted. She had hoped to find a way to the US where her sone can receive better medical treatment.
She has a message for American President Donald Trump: 'Show that you care about the suffering of people. We are humans like you'. Photo: NRC/Nashon Tado](/image/40660/img_6059.jpg?width=768&height=513)