Somalia: Information on repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya and Ethiopia since 1995 including the numbers of returnees, the areas they are returning to, and whether there are "women who are alone" or without a male relative among the returnees
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SOM25813.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Somalia: Information on repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya and Ethiopia since 1995 including the numbers of returnees, the areas they are returning to, and whether there are "women who are alone" or without a male relative among the returnees, 1 January 1997, SOM25813.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abe050.html [accessed 31 May 2023] |
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According to a 19 August 1996 United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Situation report on Somalia, 42,000 Somalis repatriated from Kenya in 1995 with the assistance of the UNHCR (4). The report states that a further 36,000 were expected to repatriate in 1996 and that the UNHCR intended to begin "a pilot repatriation" of 10,000 Somalis from Ethiopia (ibid.).
A 19 November 1996 Agence France Presse (AFP) report states that "the UNHCR repatriated and resettled 250,000 refugees since September 1992, including 115,051 refugees who returned to Somalia and 67, 529 to Ethiopia" (ibid.).
Information on the areas to which they returned and whether among the repatriés, were women "who are alone" or without a male relative could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB. For additional information on this topic, please see the attached document.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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 find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Agence France Press (AFP). 19 November 1996. "Kenya's Refugee Problem Drops to 168,000 : UNHCR."
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). August 1996. Situation Report #3. "Somalia - Complex Emergency."
Attachments
Agence France Press (AFP). 19 November 1996. "Kenya's Refugee Problem Drops to 168,000 : UNHCR."
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). 19 August 1996. Situation Report #3. "Somalia - Complex Emergency."
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