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CHAPTER 5
Djibouti: Refugees More Vulnerable Than Nationals
Bilal Malaeb, Anne Duplantier, Romeo Jacky Gansey, Sekou Tidiani Konaté, Omar Abdoulkader Mohamed, Jeff Tanner, and Harriet Mugera
Key Messages
• A year after COVID-19 struck, Djiboutian households see an increase in the intensity of economic activity and the variety of their income sources.
• Vulnerable workers such as those from village-based refugee and poor national households are less able to catch up as inequality and job insecurity is on the rise.
• Access to basic goods and health care has improved since August 2020, but not for village-based refugee households.
• A relatively large fraction of households has an acceptable level of food consumption, unlike refugees who are more likely to experience food insecurity.
• Safety nets play a critical role in protecting the most vulnerable, particularly among village-based refugees for whom assistance from international nongovernmental organizations represents the main source of income.