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Internally Displaced People

The internally displaced seek safety in other parts of their country, where they need help.

IDP Figures

Annual number of IDPs remain stable, though UNHCR looking after more

UN High Commissioner Visits Somalis in Kenya

In a visit to the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp on the Kenya-Somalia border in advance of World Refugee Day on Friday, the UN refugee agency chief, António Guterres said a political solution must be found to end the violence in Somalia and he acknowledged that UNHCR had to do more to help those uprooted by the 17-year conflict. Dadaab hosts 200,000 refugees with 20,000 new arrivals from Somali since January.

Somalia: People Smuggling

Despite the risks desperate people are willing to pay smugglers to help them escape violence or poverty.

Somali Refugees: Ethiopian Camps

ncreasing numbers of Somali refugees in Ethiopia are stretching the resources of the UN refugee agency.