DISPLACEMENT AND ASYLUM

OSLOW (SOHA) – Despite constantly being labeled as a “problem group” associated with poverty, social exclusion, high unemployment and an unwillingness to integrate, Somalis appeared the most satisfied group of immigrants to Norway. Somalis ranked first among immigrants in terms of satisfaction with their quality of life, followed by Sri …

ONTARIO (SOHA) — Four Rivers Health Care in Ontario began in 1999 as a clinic to serve the medical needs of low-income people not covered by insurance or other programs, but has now added services to help some of the area’s newest residents — immigrants and refugees. The Welcome Center, …

Aid programs in East Africa may be forced to shut down following a cut down of funds for refugees by western governments. The Norwegian Refugee Council now warns the  budget cuts are hitting the East Africa aid sector hard adding that if more funding isn’t found, malnutrition will rise, schools …

Four million children globally do not attend school, the UN has said noting this is an increase of half a million children in just one year amid ongoing wars in countries such as Syria and Yemen. In a report Wednesday, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said the response from world …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Marka town administration has called on the residents of the town to come back to their homes safely after they have fled from clashes in the town last week. Hassan Omar, the district commissioner of Marka town said: “the security in the town is now stable and …

HARGEISA (SOHA) – Around 3,000 families fleeing violence in Ethiopia’s Somali region have crossed the border into Somaliland, where they are mostly seeking refuge with extended family relatives in Somaliland. Women, children and elderly people make up the majority of the people fleeing from Jigjiga, capital of the Somali region …

ADEN (SOHA) – Jacqueline Parlevliet, Head of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Sub Office in Yemen, has extended deep thanks to the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, for supporting its commissioners. Parlevliet also hailed the ERC’s partnership with the UNHCR, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Somali refugees in …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The UN migration agency and the European Union are this week training over 60 migrants who opted to return to Somaliland from Libya instead of continuing their journeys to Europe, the UN agency said on Monday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the migrants will now …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – From the day a young Mohamud Siraji landed in Dadaab after fleeing war-torn Somalia in 1992, his only goal was to make it out of the massive refugee camp, no matter what it took. A scholarship to come to Canada to study at York University in 2009 …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – UN refugee agency has helped over 800 Somalis to be repatriated from four countries during the month of June, the agency said. Over 819,000 Somalis are living outside their county as asylum-seekers and refugees. The majority (767,500) live in neighboring countries of Ethiopia (256,000), Kenya (255,500) and Yemen …