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SOMALIA – More than 1 million displaced in 130 days

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Figures from UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) show that the conflict was one of the main causes of displacement between 1 January and 10 May of this year. At the same time, more than 408,000 people were displaced by the floods that swept through their villages and 312,000 others were displaced by the drought that ravaged them.

Conflict has been one of the main causes of displacement. At the same time, more than 408,000 people were displaced by floods and another 312,000 by drought.

Most of them fled to the areas of Hiraan in central Somalia and Gedo in the south of the country.

“It is a great tragedy to see the impact on the most vulnerable in Somalia. They are the least responsible for the conflict and climate crisis, but they are the hardest hit,” said UNHCR Representative in Somalia, Magatte Guissé, in a statement.

Many of those forced to flee are arriving in overcrowded urban areas and sites already hosting internally displaced people, putting a strain on already overburdened resources. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), this exposes vulnerable people to increasing risks “such as deportations, family separation and gender-based violence.”

More than 3.8 million IDPs in Somalia
“These are alarming figures about some of the most vulnerable people who have been forced to give up what little they have to move into the unknown,” said Mohamed Abdi, National Director for Somalia of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

With one million displaced people already in less than five months, we can only fear the worst for the coming months, as all the ingredients of this disaster are boiling in Somalia,” he said.

More than 3.8 million people are currently displaced in Somalia, worsening an already dire humanitarian situation where some 6.7 million people are struggling to meet their food needs. More than half a million Somali children suffer from severe malnutrition.

Yet aid agencies have so far received only 22% of the resources needed to provide much-needed assistance this year.

“The humanitarian needs in Somalia continue to grow. We are working with humanitarian agencies to respond as well as possible, but with the new displacement increasing every day, the needs are overwhelming,” added the UNHCR Representative in Somalia.

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The UN agency urges international donors to increase their funding to better protect those most at risk of the current crisis.

“Otherwise we will never see the end of this ongoing human tragedy,” concluded Magatte Guissé, noting that food, shelter and protection services, including the protection of children and the prevention of gender-based violence, are among the urgent needs of the population.

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SENEGAL – 97 migrants intercepted in Saint-Louis by the French Navy

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The National Navy has boarded Thursday, August 24, 2024 a dugout canoe of clandestines off the coast of Saint-Louisiennes. The canoe had 97 migrants on board, including 83 Senegalese (three women and two minors). The other 14 are foreigners (12 Gambians and 02 Malians), reports the newspaper Les Échos.

According to the information of the newspaper, they were sent by the navy Thursday, aboard the patrol at sea «le Fouladou» to the Arsenal of the National Navy at the Autonomous Port of Dakar. Upon landing, they were received by the commander of the naval base of the French Navy.

It should be noted that «as soon as the navy announced the interception of this canoe, the prosecutor of the Republic opened an investigation to know the ins and outs. The investigation is entrusted to the National Directorate for Combating Smuggling of Migrants (DNLT) of the Directorate of Air and Border Police,” the newspaper added

“When asked at the outset where they were embarking, they replied that the canoe left on 21 August in Kayar. They were intercepted 250 km off the coast of Saint-Louis by the French Navy on the night of August 21 to 22,” our colleagues explain

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ILLEGAL EMIGRATION – 66 Senegalese migrants arrive in Tenerife

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Sixty-six (66) people arrived during the day of Thursday, August 03, 2023 in Tenerife aboard two canoes. In one of them there were 14 people and in the other 52.

Several of the migrants were transferred to health centres with various health situations, a journalist told the news. The majority of its young people are Senegalese.

As a reminder, in Africa, migrant smuggling brings 59 billion CFA francs to smugglers per year. Illicit financial flows (FFI) from the smuggling of migrants from West Africa to Europe are estimated at more than $100 million per year, 59,250,000,000 CFA francs, according to a report published by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on Friday, July 28, 2023.

“Moderate estimates of human smuggling from West Africa to Europe alone exceed $100 million,” the study, “Illicit financial flows from migrant smuggling: Trends and responses in West Africa,” said.

“In 2020, migration data showed an increase in migrant crossings from Senegal to the Canary Islands by about 1,000% compared to the 2011-2019 period,” the report notes.

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With regard to Senegal, the seaway is the most popular with smugglers, the authors of the report stress. “Smugglers are using the maritime routes from Senegal to the Spanish Canary Islands as a gateway to Europe because of increasing restrictions on the Mediterranean route,” says the document.

According to the authors of this report, coastal towns like Saint Louis and Mbour are the main departure points for the Canary Islands ‘of irregular migrants [who] also leave certain fishing villages, such as Joal, Thiaroye and Soumbedioune.”
They also note the presence of candid

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AFRICA – Migrant smuggling brings 59 billion CFA francs to smugglers per year

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Illicit financial flows (FFI) from migrant smuggling from West Africa to Europe are estimated at more than $100 million per year, or 59,250,000,000 CFA francs, according to a report published by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), this Friday, July 28, 2023.

“Moderate estimates of human smuggling from West Africa to Europe alone exceed $100 million,” the study, “Illicit financial flows from migrant smuggling: Trends and responses in West Africa,” said.

“In 2020, migration data showed an increase in migrant crossings from Senegal to the Canary Islands by about 1,000% compared to the 2011-2019 period,” the report notes.

With regard to Senegal, the seaway is the most popular with smugglers, the authors of the report stress. “Smugglers are using the maritime routes from Senegal to the Spanish Canary Islands as a gateway to Europe because of increasing restrictions on the Mediterranean route,” says the document.

According to the authors of this report, coastal towns like Saint Louis and Mbour are the main departure points for the Canary Islands ‘of irregular migrants [who] also leave certain fishing villages, such as Joal, Thiaroye and Soumbedioune.”
They also note the presence of candidates for irregular migration from other West African countries, to whom smugglers “generally require full payment in advance (…) between $400 and $600.”

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However, the report says, “in 2023, the use of maritime routes appears to have decreased, suggesting that COVID-19 restrictions on land borders played a role in the increased use of maritime routes between 2020 and 2022.”

On a global scale, migrant smuggling brings smugglers more than 10 billion dollars per year, or 5 925 000 000 000 CFA francs, according to estimates by the rappor

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