Djibouti, Somaliland
and Puntland already host tens of thousands of refugees, according to the
UNHCR. Djibouti is home to about 24,000 refugees, while Somaliland hosts
roughly 9,000 displaced people. Somaliland,
a self-declared country in northern Somalia, has received 270 migrants from
Yemen. A further 389 people have arrived in Puntland, another Somali breakaway
state, according to the IOM.
Somaliland’s foreign minister, Mohamed Yonis, said he is
expecting to receive up to 2,000 Yemeni refugees and is in talks with the EU
and USAid about providing assistance for them. “It will be a challenge – we
have a lot of Ethiopian refugees in Somaliland, we have a lot of internally
displaced people. But we hope the international community will come to the
rescue,” said Yonis. Read Full Article
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