Regional Overview |
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Total Somali Refugee Population
| 983,800 | Individuals |
| 205,096 | Households* |
* Household data is unavailable for some countries
Breakdown by Country |
Total Somali Refugee Population |
Somali Refugee Arrivals in 2012 |
KenyaLast Updated - 06/05/2012 |
523,856individuals 160,924households |
2,750individuals
 1,678households |
YemenLast Updated - 14/05/2012 |
213,071individuals n/ahouseholds |
8,449individuals
n/ahouseholds |
EthiopiaLast Updated - 07/05/2012 |
194,597individuals 44,172households |
23,234individuals
7,013households |
UgandaLast Updated - 10/05/2012 |
22,447individuals n/ahouseholds |
1,384individuals
n/ahouseholds |
DjiboutiLast Updated - 07/05/2012 |
16,215individuals n/ahouseholds |
664individuals
n/ahouseholds |
EgyptLast Updated - 02/05/2012 |
7,431individuals n/ahouseholds |
325individuals
n/ahouseholds |
EritreaLast Updated - 13/04/2012 |
4,668individuals n/ahouseholds |
2individuals
n/ahouseholds |
TanzaniaLast Updated - 14/10/2011 |
1,515individuals n/ahouseholds |
n/aindividuals
n/ahouseholds |
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Somali refugees in Ethiopias Dollo Ado exceed 150,000 as rains hit camps |
| 27/04/2012 | |
| Heavy rains have hit Somali refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, damaging tents, flooding roads and affecting aid delivery. This comes as the refugee population in southern Ethio... | |
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Somalia conflict keeps Ethiopia's Dolo Ado refugee camp busy – audio slideshow |
| 12/04/2012 | |
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Chinese actress seeks to build bridges with Somali refugees |
| 11/04/2012 | |
| 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 refugee... | |
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DHC, IKEA CEO visited Kobe & Bur Amino camps |
| 14/02/2012 | |
| As part of a two-day mission to Ethiopia (9-10 Feb.), UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Alexander T. Aleinikoff and the Chief Executive Officer of IKEA Foundation, Mr. Per Heggenes, v... | |
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UNHCR employs alternative strategies in managing the Dadaab camps |
| 27/01/2012 | |
| In an effort to maintain operations despite prevailing insecurity and reduced humanitarian access at Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps, UNHCR has been exploring ways to ensure uninterru... | |
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Sudanese Refugees Victims of Air Raid |
| 25/01/2012 | |
| At least one Sudanese refugee was injured and 14 others are missing following an air raid Monday in South Sudan. The U.N. refugee agency says the attack occurred in Upper Nile State ... | |
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Demography
| % | Male | Age | Female | % | 9% |  |
0-4 |  |
8% |
| 14% | |
5-11 | |
13% |
| 7% | |
12-17 | |
6% |
| 18% | |
18-59 | |
22% |
| 1% | |
60+ | |
2% |
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The population of Dollo Ado camps and Transit Centre passed the milestone figure of 150,000. 23/04/2012 |
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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 Jijiga and Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. 11/04/2012 |
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Mr. Moses Okello, UNHCR Representative in Ethiopia and Mr. Ota Koji, Chief Representative of JICA sign Memorandum of Understanding to Support the Operation Of JICA’s First Water Development Project in Somali Region of Ethiopia. 28/03/2012 |
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As part of a two-day mission to Ethiopia (9-10 Feb.), UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Alexander T. Aleinikoff and the Chief Executive Officer of IKEA Foundation, Mr. Per Heggenes, visited Kobe and Bur Amino camps on 10 February 2012. The two officials appreciated the progress being made to address Kobe’s alarming mortality rate in such a short time.
14/02/2012 |
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Final report of Nutrition Survey in Kobe and Hilaweyn camps, Dollo Ado, Ethiopia, Oct-Nov 2011 published by UNHCR, ARRA, WFP, UNICEF and GOAL. (UNHCR, ETHIOPIA) 20/01/2012 |
