Refugees in the Horn of Africa: Somali Displacement Crisis
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Ethiopia

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35,200 Individuals
Registered Somali Refugee Population
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Population

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Registered Somali Refugee Population

240,086


Households*

54,170


* Household data may be unavailable for some locations
Last Updated 08 May 2013

Demography
Male (47%) Age (53%) Female
9% 0 - 4 9%
17% 5 - 11 16%
7% 12 - 17 7%
12% 18 - 59 19%
1% 60 + 1%

  Registered Somali Refugee Population

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  Breakdown by Region

Region Current Total     Registered Arrivals in 2013    
Dollo Ado
30 Apr 2013
194,089
45,042 		Individuals
Households 		80.8 % 6,711
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		2.8 %
Jijiga
08 May 2013
41,633
6,942 		Individuals
Households 		17.3 % 498
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		0.2 %
Addis Ababa
08 May 2013
4,364
2,186 		Individuals
Households 		1.8 % 20
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		0 %

  Breakdown by Country of Origin

Country of Origin Current Total     Registered Arrivals in 2013    
Somalia
08 May 2013
240,086
54,170 		Individuals
Households 		100 % 7,229
n/a 		Individuals
Households 		3 %

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  Upcoming Events


Monday, 20th May 2013
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Camp Coordination Meeting, Bur Amino Camp


10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

WASH Cluster Meeting, Dollo Ado Woreda Office


11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Bi-weekly Camp coordination, UNHCR Kobe


2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Child Protection Coordination, UNHCR Dollo Ado


3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Bi-weekly Transit & Reception Centre Coordination, UNHCR Dollo Ado


Tuesday, 21st May 2013
11:00 AM - 1:00 AM

Health & Nutrition Meeting, UNHCR Dollo Ado



3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Bi-weekly Food Security Coordination, UNHCR Dollo Ado



Wednesday, 22nd May 2013
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Protection Working Group - UNHCR Addis



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  Highlights

 Start of the holy month of Ramadan sees dramatic decrease in new Somali arrivals to Ethiopia's Dollo Ado.
01 Aug 2012
New arrivals continued to arrive in Dollo Ado in large numbers. The daily arrival average for the second half of May was 141 individuals.
04 Jun 2012
A total of 948 new arrivals was received at the Dollo Ado Reception Centre between 21-25 May - mainly from Bay Bakol and Gedo region.
28 May 2012
A total of 600 new arrivals was received at the Dollo Ado Reception Centre during the last week. However in the last 2 days the average was of 174 per day.
22 May 2012
Construction of Transitional Shelters in all camps are ongoing.
22 May 2012
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  News

Somalia: A Famine Crisis One Year On - Lives Saved and Lessons Learned
AllAfrica.com, 01 Aug 2012
Dollo Ado — A year after the onset of the Somalia famine, Aden Yusef Kabey can laugh at the pain he endured. He has regained the body weight he lost over the past year. He can walk, eat and sleep. "I've come back from the dead," says the 22-year-old. "Now I want to have a future and take full a...
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Panoramic Photos, Dollo Ado refugee camp
http://bavaria360.de, 09 Jul 2012
Photographer Juergen Schrader recently took these panoramic, 360 degree shots in Dollo Ado's Melkadida camp, which is home to approximately 40,000 Somali refugees: http://bavaria360.de/melkadida/melkadida.html Patients line up to avail of German NGO Humedica's medical services in a camp health p...
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Geldof: G8 leaders not as rich, but must still help Africa
ITV, 15 May 2012
After spending the last five days with Bob Geldof, I feel that I know his opinion about everything. His forceful rhetoric - delivered at one hundred miles per an hour and sprinkled with a selection of profanities - is what first helped to make the famine in Ethiopia a global issue during the 1980...
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Somalia conflict keeps Ethiopia's Dolo Ado refugee camp busy – audio slideshow
The Guardian, 12 Apr 2012
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Chinese actress seeks to build bridges with Somali refugees
UNHCR, 11 Apr 2012
JIJIGA, Ethiopia, April 10 (UNHCR) – Chinese actress Yao Chen has concluded her first visit to Africa as UNHCR's honorary patron for China by hailing the courage of Somali refugees and the generosity of their hosts in Ethiopia. Yao Chen travelled to Ethiopia last week to meet with Somali refuge...
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