The refugee complex at Dadaab in North Eastern Kenya was established in the early 1990s. It has become known as the largest refugee settlement in the world since renewed fighting in south and central Somalia in 2006 pushed yet more Somalis into these long-established camps. Marked by problems related to poor living conditions and economic circumstances, camps of this size are very often a source of instability and insecurity, and their management has been widely discussed in the scholarly as well as policy literature. This article examines the role and responsibility of aid organisations such as Medecins Sans Frontieres in the establishment and perpetuation of camps. When refugee camps become restrictive and repressive, the article asks, are aid agencies necessarily exempt from responsibility? Drawing on the Medecins Sans Frontieres’ archives regarding their Dadaab operations up to 2011 and direct professional experience in this refugee camp, this article illuminates humanitarian complicity in situations of containment and protracted exile, arguing that this can have wider implications for the management of refugee populations all over the world.

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援助和难民营的延续：1991-2011 年肯尼亚达达布的案例

位于肯尼亚东北部的达达布难民营建于 1990 年代初。自 2006 年索马里南部和中部再次爆发战斗以来，它已成为世界上最大的难民定居点，将更多索马里人推入这些历史悠久的难民营。以与恶劣的生活条件和经济环境相关的问题为特征，这种规模的难民营往往是不稳定和不安全的根源，其管理已在学术和政策文献中得到广泛讨论。本文研究了无国界医生组织等援助组织在营地建立和延续方面的作用和责任。当难民营变得限制性和压制性时，文章问道，援助机构是否必然免除责任？借鉴无国界医生组织截至 2011 年 Dadaab 行动的档案以及在该难民营的直接专业经验，本文阐明了收容和长期流亡情况下的人道主义共谋，认为这可能对难民人口的管理产生更广泛的影响世界各地的。