IOM Somalia May 28 - June 18 2014
SITUATION REPORT: IOM SOMALIA RETURNS
HIGHLIGHTS IOM transports newly arrived internally displaced persons (IDPs) to a UN base in Juba
IOM and partners have assisted a total of 7,861 returnees from KSA and Kenya.
Somali nationals forcefully returned from Saudi Arabia receive information from UNMAS staff on mine awareness outside the IOM Reception Centre. © IOM 2014 (Photo: IOM Somalia)
OVERVIEW Forced Returns from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) The total number of forced returnees from KSA has increased cumulatively to 36,104 persons since December 2013. In this reporting period, more than 1,512 migrants have been assisted by IOM and partners, bringing the cumulative number of those assisted to 7,861. Fluidity of current movements between the two countries impairs the estimation of future projections of vulnerable migrants who will need assistance. Forced Returns from Kenya There have been no forced returns from Kenya in this reporting period. In total, 356* Somalis have been returned from Kenya. During this reporting period, for KSA and Kenya, IOM also registered the first confirmed case of a forced *According to official statistics from the Somalia Department of Immigration.
IOM Somalia ▼ Situation Report ▼ May 28 - June 18 2014
No new cases of forced returns from Kenya in the reporting period.
returnee who has been forcefully returned a second time from Saudi Arabia on 4 June. The migrant had initially been forcefully returned in March 2014 and had received reception assistance from IOM. This case of repeated and cyclical migration to KSA and suggests that some migrants may still perceive it beneficial to try to leave Somalia to better their lives in KSA, despite the known dangers. Post-arrival assistance is usually followed by sustainable post-return livelihood and reintegration activities to stem the cyclical migration in the shortmedium term. On this issue of broader reintegration assistance, the current emergency response has a shortfall in funding. Furthermore, there have also been cases of ThirdCountry Nationals that were mistakenly deported from KSA to Somalia primarily because of lack of travel documents. On 15 May, two Ethiopian nationals, out of four in the IOM accommodation, left
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