Operations

NEW: 2016 planning information has just been released. Budgets and population planning figures for 2016 and for previous years can be reviewed below. The French version will be published before the end of the year.   

Operation: Djibouti

 
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Key Figures

47 Number of personnel (international and national)
3 Number of offices
20 Mio. USD Overall funding requirements (ExCom-approved 2016 budget)
  Planning Targets
100% extent to which the law is consistent with international standards relating to refugees 
30 average number of days from first instance interview to notification of decision (refugee status determination)
100% of people of concern have a birth certificate 
60% of people of concern with own business or self-employed for more than 12 months 
100% of people of concern assisted with their basic needs 

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2016 Plan Summary


In Djibouti, the poverty rate is around 40 per cent and unemployment affects up to 60 per cent of the population. In this difficult environment, the country is hosting close to 15,500 refugees, composed of Somalis (77 per cent), Ethiopians (16 per cent), Eritreans (6 per cent) and others (1 per cent).
 
Given the lack of resources in the country, refugees depend solely on humanitarian aid. Access to farmland and drinking water remain important challenges. The Kenyan education curriculum used in camp-based schools is not recognized by the Governments of Djibouti and Somalia’s governments. In public hospitals, refugees are not considered as “vulnerable”, meaning that UNHCR pays their full medical fees.

In 2016, UNHCR’s operational priorities are to:
  • Support the adoption of a national law on asylum
  • Ensure access to the territory for asylum-seekers by reinforcing the National Eligibility Commission
  • Ensure the delivery of birth certificates for refugee children born in Djibouti
  • Promote livelihoods and activities aimed at self-reliance
  • Respond to the basic needs of refugees
  • Promote Djibouti’s ratification of the statelessness conventions
UNHCR and its Government counterpart, ONARS (Office National pour l’Assistance aux Réfugiés et Sinistrés), will facilitate the voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees to Somaliland and Puntland, as well as their local integration or resettlement to third countries, where applicable.