East and Horn of Africa
Subregion: East and Horn of Africa
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Budgets and Expenditure in Subregion East and Horn of Africa
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People of Concern - 2017 [projected]
[["Refugees",3144453],["Asylum-seekers",166059],["IDPs",6262709],["Returned IDPs",200],["Returned refugees",105050],["Stateless",65649],["Others of concern",198157]]Loading ...
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Operational Environment and Strategy
Countries hosting refugees in the East and Horn of Africa continue to be vulnerable to large-scale refugee influxes from ongoing crises in Burundi, South Sudan and Yemen. Host countries are struggling to support new arrivals and protracted refugee populations as well as, in some cases, internally displaced persons (IDPs). Refugee and host communities have been impacted by the El Niño weather phenomenon that is causing drier than normal conditions in large areas of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, affecting water reserves and crop production.
Despite this challenging context, there have been notable advances in strengthening the legal framework for the protection of refugees and asylum-seekers in the subregion. In Djibouti, the Council of Ministers adopted a new Bill on Refugee Status in September 2016. In Uganda, the Government integrated its Settlement Transformative Agenda (STA) into the National Development Plan II (NDP II 2016-2020). The STA is the Government of Uganda’s strategic approach to refugee management and protection, and aims to promote self-reliance and local settlement for refugees, in addition to social development in refugee hosting areas. Refugees and IDPs have also been included in Somalia’s draft national development plan which, if approved, will strengthen linkages between humanitarian and development initiatives with a view to creating conditions conducive for return.
The need to identify appropriate solutions to protracted displacement in the subregion is becoming more urgent. UNHCR will continue to seek to provide protection in accordance with international law, manage limited resources by promoting solutions, ensure the voluntariness of return, and safeguard the well-being of returnees. While insecurity and political instability in many areas of Somalia continue to be obstacles to large-scale voluntary repatriation, over 30,000 Somalis were supported to return in 2016. The “Enhanced plan of action for the voluntary return and reintegration of Somali refugees from the Dadaab camps in Kenya” was adopted in July 2016.
UNHCR will work with partners to develop multi-year, regional solutions and protection strategies for the Somalia and South Sudan situations, in line with the principles endorsed in the New York Declaration adopted in September 2016. These strategies will bring together a range of initiatives to increase resettlement and integration opportunities and which will further develop appropriate conditions for voluntary repatriation in the country of origin and asylum, including in the areas of livelihoods and self-reliance, shelter, health and education. UNHCR and partners will agree a country level vision and strategic objectives which will assist in achieving a longer term regional vision and objectives for these complex situations.
UNHCR’s operations in the East and Horn of Africa remain seriously under-funded, with food shortages also reported in some instances. More generally, the rise in the number of displaced people as a result of these crises has not been matched by commensurate funding increases to assist host communities and governments to provide adequate services to the displaced. The low level of available funding must be urgently addressed in order for humanitarian needs to be met in the subregion.
UNHCR remains concerned by onward movement of refugees from the East and Horn of Africa due to a range of factors including instability and limits on freedom of movement. In response to the increasing number of children on the move, UNHCR will work with partners to improve child protection and sectoral interventions, especially for the large number of children who have become separated from their families in the context of the South Sudan conflict.
2017 Budget for East and Horn of Africa | USD
| Operation | Pillar 1 Refugee programme |
Pillar 2 Stateless programme |
Pillar 3 Reintegration projects |
Pillar 4 IDP projects |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 159,003,568 | 991,739 | 0 | 2,850,000 | 162,845,307 |
| Djibouti | 33,785,056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33,785,056 |
| Eritrea | 3,899,094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,899,094 |
| Ethiopia | 260,779,824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260,779,824 |
| Ethiopia UNHCR Representation to the AU and ECA | 2,205,453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,205,453 |
| Kenya | 213,520,184 | 852,845 | 0 | 0 | 214,373,030 |
| Kenya Regional Support Hub | 6,092,571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,092,571 |
| Somalia | 29,226,758 | 0 | 20,176,076 | 35,900,072 | 85,302,906 |
| South Sudan | 131,086,974 | 1,486,448 | 0 | 39,099,198 | 171,672,619 |
| Sudan | 114,638,499 | 2,600,987 | 6,313,447 | 26,910,666 | 150,463,598 |
| Uganda | 298,820,832 | 200,000 | 0 | 0 | 299,020,832 |
| Regional activities | 4,000,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,000,000 |
| Total | 1,257,058,813 | 6,132,019 | 26,489,523 | 104,759,936 | 1,394,440,290 |
2017 Voluntary Contributions to East and Horn of Africa | USD
| Earmarking / Donor | Pillar 1 Refugee programme |
Pillar 4 IDP projects |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | |||
| Private donors in Qatar | 1,768,438 | 0 | 1,768,438 |
| Private donors in the Netherlands | 356,062 | 0 | 356,062 |
| Chad subtotal | 2,124,500 | 0 | 2,124,500 |
| Ethiopia | |||
| Germany | 1,700,038 | 0 | 1,700,038 |
| Private donors in Qatar | 1,768,438 | 0 | 1,768,438 |
| Private donors in Switzerland | 80,645 | 0 | 80,645 |
| Private donors in the Netherlands | 13,495,125 | 0 | 13,495,125 |
| Private donors in the United States of America | 297,821 | 0 | 297,821 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7,654,982 | 0 | 7,654,982 |
| Ethiopia subtotal | 24,997,049 | 0 | 24,997,049 |
| Kenya | |||
| Germany | 566,251 | 0 | 566,251 |
| Private donors in Canada | 198,556 | 0 | 198,556 |
| Private donors in Qatar | 2,054,735 | 0 | 2,054,735 |
| Private donors in the Netherlands | 1,051,447 | 0 | 1,051,447 |
| Private donors in the United States of America | 501,170 | 0 | 501,170 |
| Sweden | 134,771 | 0 | 134,771 |
| Kenya subtotal | 4,506,931 | 0 | 4,506,931 |
| Somalia | |||
| Germany | 1,127,396 | 1,127,396 | 2,254,791 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,404,000 | 0 | 2,404,000 |
| Somalia subtotal | 3,531,396 | 1,127,396 | 4,658,791 |
| South Sudan | |||
| Germany | 0 | 566,251 | 566,251 |
| Private donors in Qatar | 1,768,438 | 0 | 1,768,438 |
| Private donors in the United States of America | 192,799 | 0 | 192,799 |
| South Sudan subtotal | 1,961,237 | 566,251 | 2,527,488 |
| Sudan | |||
| Germany | 4,194,369 | 0 | 4,194,369 |
| Private donors in Qatar | 1,153,057 | 0 | 1,153,057 |
| Private donors in the Netherlands | 1,293,797 | 0 | 1,293,797 |
| Sudan subtotal | 6,641,224 | 0 | 6,641,224 |
| Uganda | |||
| Belgium | 398,090 | 0 | 398,090 |
| Germany | 1,133,787 | 0 | 1,133,787 |
| Private donors in Qatar | 1,441,309 | 0 | 1,441,309 |
| Uganda subtotal | 2,973,186 | 0 | 2,973,186 |
| Total | 46,735,523 | 1,693,647 | 48,429,170 |