Refugees in the Horn of Africa: Somali Displacement Crisis
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Regional Overview
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35,200 Individuals
Registered Somali Refugee Population
Base Layer

Population

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Registered Somali Refugee Population

1,114,273


Households*

230,499


* Household data may be unavailable for some locations

Demography
Male (49%) Age (51%) Female
8% 0 - 4 8%
14% 5 - 11 13%
8% 12 - 17 7%
18% 18 - 59 22%
1% 60 + 1%

  Estimated Population by Date

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  Registered Somali Refugee Population

 Kenya


Last Updated 23 May 2013

583,387
Individuals
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175,607
Households

 568
Individuals
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321
Households
Ethiopia


Last Updated 08 May 2013

240,086
Individuals
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54,170
Households

 7,229
Individuals
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Households
Yemen


Last Updated 01 Mar 2013

229,447
Individuals
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Households

 2,673
Individuals
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Households
Uganda


Last Updated 01 Mar 2013

29,355
Individuals
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Households

 200
Individuals
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Households
Djibouti


Last Updated 11 Apr 2013

18,725
Individuals
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Households

 636
Individuals
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Households
Egypt


Last Updated 31 Mar 2013

7,702
Individuals
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Households

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Households
Eritrea


Last Updated 31 Mar 2013

3,468
Individuals
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722
Households

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Households
Tanzania


Last Updated 01 Mar 2013

2,103
Individuals
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Households

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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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   Latest Documents

Somalia Briefing Sheet (May 2013)
Report Date: 20/05/2013
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Ethiopia Operational Overview (April statistics package)
Report Date: 08/05/2013
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UNHCR Somalia Briefing Sheet - April 2013
Report Date: 22/04/2013
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Pop. Of Concern to UNHCR as of 31 Mar 2013
Report Date: 14/04/2013
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  News

Holl-Holl - a new camp intended for Somali refugees
UNHCR Djibouti, 07 Dec 2012
Like two other refugee locations in Djibouti, Holl-Holl was an old camp that was closed in the mid-2000s, as a consequence of massive repatriations to Ethiopia and to the breakaway territory of Somaliland where the security situation has relatively improved during the last decade. Over the last 6 y...
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Somalia’s Hawa Aden Mohamed wins the 2012 Nansen Refugee Award
http://www.unhcr.org/nansen , 19 Sep 2012
Embargo: 11:30 AM CET, 18 SEPTEMBER, 2012 Somalia’s Hawa Aden Mohamed wins the 2012 Nansen Refugee Award GENEVA, 18 September, 2012 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced today in Geneva that this year’s Nansen Refugee Award goes to Hawa Aden Mohamed, the foun...
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Somali refugee population in Horn of Africa passes one million, but exodus slows
www.unhcr.org, 31 Aug 2012
Somalia's refugee exodus crossed a new threshold this past week, with more than a million people now having fled the country for the surrounding region, according to the latest UNHCR data. The most recent arrivals continue to cite insecurity and dwindling food resources as the main reasons for their...
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UNHCR alarm on health risks for refugees in South Sudan
www.unhcr.org, 31 Aug 2012
Conditions in South Sudan’s refugee camps have continued to worsen over the past few days under the strain of continuing large refugee inflows and flooding from torrential rains. The health situation has at this point become UNHCR’s priority concern, and we are watching closely for possible outb...
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After a decade in Mogadishu Tanzanian refugees return to Zanzibar
www.unhcr.org, 31 Aug 2012
This past weekend UNHCR successfully completed the voluntary repatriation of 38 Tanzanian refugees from Zanzibar who had been residing in Mogadishu for the past 11 years. The group, comprising 12 families, were flown on two special UNHCR-chartered flights from Mogadishu to Zanzibar on Friday 6 Ju...
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