Number of IDPs surges in Somalia

Somalia currently has about 2 to 3 million IDPs hence the need for reintegration into society.

People with the right experiences are needed to tackle the problem of the IDPs who are really destitute and need solutions such as housing, medical aid, shelter, and livelihood.

'Different organizations working on different areas of the humanitarian sector need to come together to work on lasting solutions for Somali IDPs as a humanitarian intervention'. Humanitarian Translation, a local NGO said.

The interventions may include durable solution techniques including resettlement, integration, and repatriation with reintegration.

More than 264,000 IDPs were evicted during the year, making forced evictions one of the main triggers of secondary displacement in the country. Disasters triggered 479,000 new displacements. 

In common with other countries in East Africa, Somalia was affected by widespread flooding in the second half of 2019 during an unusually wet rainy season influenced by El Niño.

In the first half of 2020, there were 189,000 new displacements associated with conflict and violence and 514,000 as a result of disasters. 

By Aden Mohamed

A journalist with Press Conference Press