Somalia: The Afar clan living in the north of Somalia
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 12 May 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SOM34271.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Somalia: The Afar clan living in the north of Somalia, 12 May 2000, SOM34271.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad7338.html [accessed 26 May 2023] |
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An historian and author of Mal djiboutien: rivalités ethniques et enjeux politiques and Djibouti: une nation en otage, who is familiar with the history and politics of the Afar in the Horn of Africa, stated that traditionally, the Afars are not inhabitants of Somalia (11 May 2000). However, he said that some Djiboutian Afars who speak the Somali language fluently live and operate businesses in north Somalia.
Reports on the situation of the Afars in northern Somalia could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. For additional information on the Afars in north Somalia, please consult SML31180.E of 17 February 1999.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please see the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Historian and author of Mal djiboutien: rivalités ethniques et enjeux politiques and Djibouti: une nation en otage. [Paris]. 11 May 2000. Telephone interview.
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One oral source consulted did not provide information on the requested subject.
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