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Somalis in Yemen

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Somalis in Yemen
Total population
710,000(46,750 refugees)
Regions with significant populations
Aden
Sana'a
Lahj Governorate
Languages
Somali
Arabic
Religion
SunniIslam
Related ethnic groups
Oromo,Afar,Saho,and otherCushitic-speaking peoples

Somalis in Yemenmake up the historicalSomalipopulation inYemen.Around 710,000 Somalis live in Yemen, of which 46,750 are refugees.[1][2]

History[edit]

Many Somalis andYemeniscan trace back their ancestry to a unspecified homeland.[3]Many Somalis fled to Yemen during theSomali Civil War.[4]

Demographics[edit]

There are around 710,000 Somalis in Yemen, mostly concentrated aroundAden.[5]There are also some onLahij Gvernorate.

Many Somalis in Yemen now speakArabicinstead of their nativeSomali languagedue tolanguage shift.[6]But also due to the fact that there are no Somali teachers in the refugee camps or enough budget to allocate funds to teach the Somali language.[7]

Many Somalis have returned back to their homeland deeming its safe enough to return. "The voluntary returns are part of UNHCR’s Assisted Spontaneous Return (ASR) programme".[1]Since 2017 over 6,200 somali refugees have returned home[1]

Conditions[edit]

In 2010,Reutersreported that poverty among Somali refugees in Yemen remains common.[8]Following theoutbreak of COVID-19in 2020, theWorld Health Organizationreported that migrant groups facedstigmatizationas "transmitters of disease" after a Somali refugee was identified as the first case in the country.[9]

Yemeni refugees in Somalia[edit]

Following the outbreak of theYemeni civil war,somerefugeesfrom Yemen have moved to Somalia. In 2022,Anadolu Agencyreported that many Yemeni refugees have felt welcomed by Somali society.[10]As of late December 2021 there are 8,341 registered Yemeni refugees and asylum seekers in Somalia[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcKhalaf, Mysa (10 September 2023)."UNHCR: Over 6,200 Somali Refugees Voluntarily Returned Home from Yemen Since 2017".VOA.Retrieved30 September2023.
  2. ^"Somalia Refugee Crisis Explained".Oxfam International.July 17, 2023.Retrieved30 September2023.
  3. ^Rigby, C. P. (1867)."On the Origin of the Somali Race, Which Inhabits the North-Eastern Portion of Africa".Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London.5:91–95.doi:10.2307/3014215.JSTOR3014215– via JSTOR.
  4. ^"Somalis used to flee to Yemen to escape war. Now it's the other way around".The World from PRX.
  5. ^"Somali refugees in Yemeni limbo - Yemen | ReliefWeb".7 November 2013.
  6. ^"Somali".
  7. ^Trapped in Yemen | Al Jazeera World,15 January 2015,retrieved2023-09-30
  8. ^"Desperate Somalis turn to prostitution in Yemen".Reuters.2010-02-10.Retrieved2023-06-10.
  9. ^"WHO, IOM raise concern over COVID-19 discrimination against migrants in Yemen".World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean.2020-05-10.Retrieved2023-06-10.
  10. ^abDhaysane, Mohammed (2022-01-21)."Yemeni refugees integrate smoothly into Somali society".Anadolu Agency.Retrieved2023-06-09.
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