Somalia braces for record levels of displacement as drought takes hold Published 21. Apr 2021 Somalia is bracing for record levels of displacement this year as drought ravages parts of the country, leaving tens of thousands of people without water and livelihoods.
“Once again Somalia is facing the prospect of serious drought. Water and pasture resources are depleting every day and resulting in people abandoning their homes with their livestock to search for better conditions. We are worried that drought coupled with conflict could see record levels of displacement this year,” said Mohamed Abdi, Country Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Somalia.
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UNHCR Somalia Factsheet: 1 - 31 December 2020
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In December, 38,000 new internal displacements were monitored by the UNHCR-led Protection and Return Monitoring Network (PRMN). Drivers include conflict and insecurity (28,000), drought (9,000), floods (1,000) and other (1,000).
At the end of December 2020, there were 24,453 refugees and asylum-seekers registered in Somalia, mainly from Ethiopia (13,022 asylum seekers and 4,177 refugees) and Yemen (6,371 refugees). The remaining 864 persons were from other countries including Syria (618), Tanzania (118) and Eritrea (88).
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