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Bringing a ray of hope to Somali refugees. Some 11,000 live in Ali Addeh camp, in the southeastern part of Djibouti, near the border with Somalia. Since the resumption of the violence in Mogadishu in May 2009, the monthly rate of new arrivals in Djibouti has more than tripled. Most are in dire need of assistance.
Bringing a ray of hope to Somali refugees. Some 11,000 live in Ali Addeh camp, in the southeastern part of Djibouti, near the border with Somalia. Since the resumption of the violence in Mogadishu in May 2009, the monthly rate of new arrivals in Djibouti has more than tripled. Most are in dire need of assistance.
“Housing is one of our main problems. We don’t have tents so we build houses made of sticks. We cut trees to build houses but now there are fewer and fewer trees and now we have to walk long distances to look for sticks, which can be risky. I really hope to get a tent. Because we lack shelter, men usually sleep outside.”
- Hibo, a Somali refugee woman, Ali Addeh camp, Djibouti
Our staff in Djibouti tell us that about 1 in 4 refugees in Ali Addeh camp (mainly newly arrived women and children) do not have any form of proper shelter. This means that 2,600 tents are immediately required to shelter newly arrived refugees. Located in the southeast corner of the country, near the mountainous borders with Ethiopia, Ali Addeh hosts close to 11,000 Somali refugees.
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Senator Kennedy has been the single most influential U.S. policymaker on refugee issues since beginning his congressional career 45 years ago.
His work in establishing U.S. refugee admissions, resettlement, and asylum programs has directly helped millions of persecuted individuals to find protection and start new lives in the United States. He has been the chief sponsor of more than 70 refugee related measures and has been instrumental in codifying international refugee obligations into U.S. law.
Senator Kennedy played a key role in increasing U.S. funding for global refugee assistance and has used his standing to improve the treatment of refugees internationally. Whether Vietnamese, Haitian, or, most recently, Iraqi, many of the world’s most vulnerable people owe their lives to Senator Kennedy.
His work in establishing U.S. refugee admissions, resettlement, and asylum programs has directly helped millions of persecuted individuals to find protection and start new lives in the United States. He has been the chief sponsor of more than 70 refugee related measures and has been instrumental in codifying international refugee obligations into U.S. law.
Senator Kennedy played a key role in increasing U.S. funding for global refugee assistance and has used his standing to improve the treatment of refugees internationally. Whether Vietnamese, Haitian, or, most recently, Iraqi, many of the world’s most vulnerable people owe their lives to Senator Kennedy.
- About 2 million people have fled from their homes because of the fighting, most since late April from the Swat valley and neighbouring districts.
- The U.N. refugee agency says it is grappling with one of the largest, fastest and most complex operations it has faced in years.
- Most of the displaced are living with family or friends in "host communities" but about 280,000 are in more than 20 tented camps on the lowland below Swat.
- The government, the army, the United Nations and other aid agencies are helping people in the camps, those staying with "host communities", and the hosts, most of whom are also poor.
- The United Nations has received $223 million in response to a $543 million aid appeal it launched in May in a bid to avert a long-term humanitarian crisis.
- Authorities have said it is safe for people to return to Buner district, to the southeast of Swat, and about 55,000 families, or about 380,000 people, have gone back there, the government agency overseeing relief efforts said.
- An announcement would be made this week on when people can start going home to Swat, a spokesman for the agency said on Tuesday, despite daily clashes in parts of the valley.
- Aid workers say many of the displaced are afraid to go home.
Source: Robert Birsel, Refugees Daily
8 July, 2009
- The U.N. refugee agency says it is grappling with one of the largest, fastest and most complex operations it has faced in years.
- Most of the displaced are living with family or friends in "host communities" but about 280,000 are in more than 20 tented camps on the lowland below Swat.
- The government, the army, the United Nations and other aid agencies are helping people in the camps, those staying with "host communities", and the hosts, most of whom are also poor.
- The United Nations has received $223 million in response to a $543 million aid appeal it launched in May in a bid to avert a long-term humanitarian crisis.
- Authorities have said it is safe for people to return to Buner district, to the southeast of Swat, and about 55,000 families, or about 380,000 people, have gone back there, the government agency overseeing relief efforts said.
- An announcement would be made this week on when people can start going home to Swat, a spokesman for the agency said on Tuesday, despite daily clashes in parts of the valley.
- Aid workers say many of the displaced are afraid to go home.
Source: Robert Birsel, Refugees Daily
8 July, 2009
Photo from Helene Caux/UNHCR
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