From Detention to Safety

From Detention to Safety At approximately 3:00 a.m. on Sunday August, 16th 2026, Refugee Legal Networks (RLN) witnessed the departure of refugees who had been detained in various police stations in Nairobi, following the Court’s…

The Refugee Legal Networks (RLN) welcomes recent directions issued by the Bungoma High Court reaffirming the importance of lawful and individualized refugee status determination for asylum seekers in Kenya. In proceedings involving several asylum seekers,…

Refugee Legal Networks Partners with Nairobi County Government to Empower Youth, Host Communities, Refugees and Asylum seekers in Peace Building, Conflict Resolution and Mental Health awareness initiatives. The Road to International Youth Day 2026 has…

Refugee Legal Networks (RLN), as a member of the Refugee Access to Work Inclusion  – East Africa (RAWI-EA) Coalition, participated in a stakeholder coordination meeting convened to operationalize the Nairobi County Refugee Integration and Community…

Refugee Legal Networks (RLN) participated in the National Refugee Legal Technical Working Group (NRL-TWG) Strategic Workshop held in Naivasha from 9th –12th  June 2026, bringing together government institutions, development partners, civil society organizations, academia, and…

Refugee and Asylum-seeker Working Integration – Eastern Africa (RAWI-EA) Participants reperensting the RAWI-EA Working Group What is RAWI-EA? The RAWI–EA Coalition (Refugee and Asylum-seeker Working Integration – East Africa)  is a coalition convened by Kituo…

Court Grants Conservatory Orders Suspending Directive On Ethiopian & Eritrean Asylum Seekers Refugee Legal Networks welcomes the ruling delivered today by the High Court of Kenya ( Petition No. E596 OF 2025), in which Justice…

PRESS STATEMENT Reprieve for Eritrean and Ethiopian Asylum Seekers Following High Court Order We acknowledge the court order issued on 2nd October 2025 in Petition No. HCCHRPET/E596 of 2025, filed by Refugee Legal Networks alongside…

RLN recently received accreditation by The Law Society of Kenya. This is a major milestone to RLN since now it will enable them to better practice one of their core pillars on Research and Learning…

Refugee Legal Networks Gets Orders from The High Court of Kenya in Favor of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Click to Download the Orders Given by The High Court of Kenya Refugee Legal Networks (RLN) through…