COI-Report-Somalia

38 — EASO Country of Origin Information report — South and Central Somalia — Country overview
4000
Evictions - mainly Mogadishu
3000
2000
1000
0
Jul-13 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jul-14 Feb Mar Apr
Source: UNHCR, Refugees in the Horn of Africa. Somali Displacement Crisis, Somalia Population Movement Trends, s.d. (http://data.unhcr.org/
horn‐of‐africa/country.phpid=197) accessed 9 May 2014.
Since the second half of 2013, forced evictions of thousands of IDPs have occurred in Mogadishu, as a result of an
increasing pressure on land and property ( 227 ). During 2013, around 17 200 people were evicted. This was done
not only by private landowners or gatekeepers, but also by the Mogadishu administration, in attempts to clean
up the capital. The relocation plan was halted in 2013 ‘due to the deteriorating insecurity, a lack of landownership
benchmarks, and pre‐emptive actions by so‐called gatekeepers’ ( 228 ). The authorities could not find alternative safe
locations for the IDPs ( 229 ).
IDPs are pushed from the central districts of Mogadishu, both from public and private terrains and buildings. Orphans
and extremely vulnerable persons are not spared from evictions ( 230 ).
Few alternatives are available for evicted IDPs and mainly depend on personal circumstances and clan affiliation.
The majority of the evicted IDPs have moved to the districts Dayniile and Wadajir, KM7, KM11 and other IDP camps
along the road to Afgooye ( 231 ) as well as to the settlements Sarakusta and Maslah ( 232 ).
By December 2013, nearly 50 500 IDPs had been assisted to go back to their home villages, and approximately 13 000
had returned home spontaneously.
Larger‐scale returns are not yet foreseen due to the insecurity and the limited livelihood options ( 233 ). Eviction figures
in Mogadishu dropped significantly from an average of about 1 500/month in the second half of 2013 to about 350/
month in the first trimester of 2014 ( 234 ). See also part 5.5.2.
( 227 ) A recent map of IDP‐camps in Mogadishu can be found at: UNITAR/UNOSAT, Update 6: Reduction of Somali IDP Shelter Concentrations in Mogadishu,
Somalia (3 June 2013 - 24 November 2013), 2 January 2014 (http://unosat‐maps.web.cern.ch/unosat‐maps/SO/CE20130710SOM/REPORT_MogadishuCamp_
Analysis_24November2013.pdf) accessed 5 June 2014.
( 228 ) IDMC, Global Overview 2014: people internally displaced by conflict and violence, 14 May 2014 (http://www.internal‐displacement.org/publications/2014/
global‐overview-2014-people‐internally‐displaced‐by‐conflict‐and‐violence/) accessed 15 May 2014.
( 229 ) AI, Somalia: Forced evictions in Mogadishu put thousands of displaced at even greater risk, Press Release, 13 September 2013 (http://www.amnesty.org/en/
for‐media/press‐releases/somalia‐forced‐evictions‐mogadishu‐put‐thousands‐displaced‐even‐greater‐ris) accessed 29 May 2014.
( 230 ) Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central Somalia, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/
asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 38-39.
( 231 ) UNITAR/UNOSAT, Update 6: Reduction of Somali IDP Shelter Concentrations in Mogadishu, Somalia (3 June 2013 - 24 November 2013), 2 January 2014 (http://
unosat‐maps.web.cern.ch/unosat‐maps/SO/CE20130710SOM/REPORT_MogadishuCamp_Analysis_24November2013.pdf) accessed 5 June 2014; Lifos,
Säkerhetssituationen i södra och centrala Somalia, Rapport från utredningsresa till Nairobi, Kenya i oktober 2013. 20 January 2014 (http://lifos.migrationsverket.
se/dokumentdocumentAttachmentId=40524) accessed 22 June 2014, p. 25.
( 232 ) Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central Somalia, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/
asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 38-39.
( 233 ) IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre), Global Overview 2014: people internally displaced by conflict and violence, 14 May 2014 (http://www.
internal‐displacement.org/publications/2014/global‐overview-2014-people‐internally‐displaced‐by‐conflict‐and‐violence/) accessed 15 May 2014.
( 234 ) UNHCR, Refugees in the Horn of Africa. Somali Displacement Crisis, Somalia Population Movement Trends, s.d. (http://data.unhcr.org/horn‐of‐africa/country.
phpid=197) accessed 9 May 2014.