Project supports reintegration of returnee Somali migrants
The Somali government, together with the EU and IOM has launched an initiative to support returnee migrants as they integrate back into their country of origin.
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Escaping back to war: Somali refugees return from Yemen
When civil war broke out in Somalia, Ali Hassan Suufi and his wife fled to Yemen. But after the Yemeni Civil War began they returned to their home country, which had been ravaged by terror and poverty.
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Refugees on the Greek island of Samos are living in camps with little prospects of education or employment. Human smugglers have drowned migrants in Yemen on purpose and the German Christian Democratic Union supports a plan to send rejected asylum seekers back to Afghanistan.
Ethiopian, Somali migrants forced into sea off Yemen
More than 50 Ethiopians and Somalis are feared drowned off Yemen, allegedly after smugglers forced them to jump ship. It's the second such incident reported in two days; the first claimed at least 50 lives.
IOM: Smugglers 'deliberately drowned' migrants near Yemen
Up to 50 people believed to have been migrants from Somalia and Ethiopia have been "deliberately drowned" near Yemen. The UN's migration agency has called the killings "shocking and inhumane."
Suleiman's story: integration through technology
Suleiman Ali is a Somali refugee who fled violence and traveled to Italy where he now works as a Big Data junior expert.
Abdi's story: 'I am happy but I miss my family '
31-year old Abdi fled the Al-Shabaab armed group in Somalia and then waited for some time in Libya. He eventually arrived in Italy thanks to some help from other migrants.
Egypt cops nab new suspect in 200-death migrant boat tragedy
Authorities in Egypt's Beheira governorate have arrested a new suspect in relation to the capsizing of a boat filled with illegal migrants last summer. Over 200 people died in the tragedy.
A look at the world's largest refugee camps
In 2017, multiple conflicts around the world have driven people to take shelter in refugee camps. What are the biggest and most prominent refugee camps, and what are the conditions like?
Somali women manage dairy initiative
In a refugee camp 70 kilometres from Ethiopia's southern border with Somalia, there is a dairy cooperative that is run by 20 Somali women, and provides a service to the camp and the local community.
Dozens of Somali refugees killed off Yemen coast
More than 30 Somalis have died after gunfire from a helicopter struck their boat off Hodeida's coast in Yemen. It is not clear who was behind the attack.
Global platform reconnects refugees around the world with their families
Conflict, scarcity of natural resources and poverty force millions of people to leave their countries and seek a better life elsewhere. Many of them are separated from their loved ones in the process, but an organization is helping them reconnect with their families.