Somalia

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Abduction 70
Abuse of psychiatry 2
Access to water 13
Africans 3
Ahmadis 6
Alawi 2
Albanians 4
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 6
Aliens 1
Anti-terrorism law 12
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Arabs 1
Arbitrary arrest and detention 78
Armed attacks on camps 20
Armed forces / Military 137
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Arrival 1
Assyrians 2
Asylum policy 1
Asylum-migration nexus 16
Asylum-seekers 71
Bantu 3
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Child labour 2
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Child soldiers 21
Children's rights 41
Children-at-risk 58
Christian 74
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Civil war 47
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 4
Combatants / Former combatants 9
Communal conflict / Social conflict 38
Community development 1
Complementary forms of protection 1
Conflict prevention 5
Conflict resolution 53
Conflict situation 127
Constitutional law 4
Contemporary forms of slavery 2
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
Copts 2
Corruption 36
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Coup d'état 13
Crimean Tatars 4
Crimes against humanity 12
Criminal justice 15
Death penalty 84
Demobilization / Disarmament 8
Democracy 14
Deportation / Forcible return 41
Disappeared persons 9
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 27
Domestic violence 17
Drug trafficking 7
Druze 2
Economic, social and cultural rights 6
Effective remedy 10
Elections 208
Embargo 9
Emigrants 1
Endorois 1
Equal opportunities 1
Eritreans 3
Ethiopians 12
Exiles 5
Extradition 7
Extrajudicial executions 66
Extreme poverty 6
Falun Gong 2
Family reunification 5
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 14
Flight by land, air or sea 9
Forced labour 3
Forced marriage 14
Forced relocation 2
Foreign occupation 13
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 28
Freedom of assembly and association 103
Freedom of conscience 2
Freedom of expression 381
Freedom of information 243
Freedom of movement 2
Freedom of religion 24
Freedom of speech 179
Fulani 6
Fur 1
Gaboye 1
Gang related violence 2
Gender discrimination 3
Gender-based persecution 9
Generalized violence 5
Good governance 74
Good offices 3
HIV and AIDS 2
Han 3
Harmful traditional practices 6
Hijacking 2
Hindu 9
Honour killings 7
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 11
Human rights activists 63
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 36
Human rights monitors 3
Humanitarian assistance 132
IDP camps 28
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 6
Immigrants 9
Immigration Detention 3
Impunity 20
Independence of judiciary 5
Indigenous persons 3
Integration 6
Internal armed conflict 298
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 260
International armed conflict 10
International courts and tribunals 11
International criminal law 2
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 5
International protection 1
Involuntary repatriation 4
Jehovah's Witness 1
Jew 2
Kachin 2
Kurd 65
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 11
Laws relating to religion 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 1
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 50
Livelihoods 23
Maronite 2
Mass exodus 1
Massaleit 1
Maternal and child health care 9
Mental health 1
Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
Migrant rights 7
Migrants 82
Military courts 6
Military law 2
Military operations 101
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 15
Minorities 2
Minority rights 3
Muslim 98
National security / Public order 3
Nepalis 1
Nomads 1
Non-refoulement 1
Non-state agents of persecution 4
Nuer 2
Older persons 1
One-child policy / Family planning 4
Opposition 81
Orderly return 1
Oromo 2
Palestinian 50
Passports 3
Peace agreements 81
Peace process 60
Peacekeeping 89
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 7
Persecution based on nationality 1
Persecution based on political opinion 88
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 32
Persons not in need of international protection 4
Persons of concern to UNHCR 8
Persons with disabilities 6
Piracy 11
Police 75
Political groups 6
Political parties 73
Political situation 319
Polygamy 3
Pre-trial detention 1
Prison or detention conditions 12
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
Protection of camps 5
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 97
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 98
Public health 22
Racial / Ethnic persecution 3
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 2
Ratification 1
Reception 2
Reconciliation 30
Referendum 25
Refoulement 4
Refugee / Asylum law 1
Refugee camps 110
Refugee seamen 33
Refugees 347
Registration 2
Reintegration 5
Rejected asylum-seekers 1
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 20
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 41
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 8
Resettlement 18
Return conditions 12
Returnees 20
Right to education 15
Right to employment 1
Right to family life 1
Right to food 37
Right to health 19
Right to justice 6
Right to liberty and security 1
Right to life 6
Right to return 1
Right to seek asylum 8
Right to self-determination 5
Rohingya (Arakanese) 15
Roma 6
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 27
SGBV 48
Safe country of origin 6
Salafi 6
Sanctions 9
Secondary movement 3
Security forces 124
Security situation 584
Shabak 2
Sharia law 5
Shia 51
Sindhis 1
Small arms 6
Smuggling of persons 23
Social group discrimination 5
Social group persecution 4
Somalis 188
State of emergency 29
State protection 1
Statelessness 3
Sufi 5
Sunni 21
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
Tamil 11
Tatars 4
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 316
Threats / Intimidation 1
Tibetan 9
Tiv 2
Torture 5
Trafficking in persons 24
Transit 1
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 32
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 3
Tuareg 7
Turkmen 4
Uighur 41
Unaccompanied / Separated children 8
Urban refugees 8
Visas 4
Voluntary repatriation 23
War crimes 34
Women's rights 29
Women-at-risk 31
Yazīdī 8

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UN envoy strongly condemns attack on popular restaurant and hotel in Somali capital 15 June 2017 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Informationszentrum Asyl und Migration Briefing Notes (12 Juni 2017) 12 June 2017 \| Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum \| Document type: Country News
Information Centre Asylum and Migration Briefing Notes (12 June 2017) 12 June 2017 \| Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum \| Document type: Country News
Somaliland reporter held for asking a question 6 June 2017 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
Informationszentrum Asyl und Migration Briefing Notes (29 Mai 2017) 29 May 2017 \| Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum \| Document type: Country News
Information Centre Asylum and Migration Briefing Notes (29 May 2017) 29 May 2017 \| Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum \| Document type: Country News
Informationszentrum Asyl und Migration Briefing Notes (22 Mai 2017) 22 May 2017 \| Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum \| Document type: Country News
Information Centre Asylum and Migration Briefing Notes (22 May 2017) 22 May 2017 \| Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum \| Document type: Country News
As war grinds on in Yemen, Somali refugees eye return 19 May 2017 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country News
As Yemen conditions deteriorate, Somali refugees look to return home 19 May 2017 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country News

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