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90 — EASO Country of Origin Information report — South and Central <strong>Somalia</strong> — Country overview<br />
in Mogadishu since March 2012 was killed after leaving the centre support this argument ( 908 ). The NISA and AMISOM<br />
classify former Al‐Shabaab fighters according to the risk that they would re‐enlist. The ‘low risk’ former fighters<br />
can return home after rehabilitation and ‘skills’ training, if they want and ‘if it is agreeable to the communities’ ( 909 ).<br />
However, even if most deserters are unlikely to draw attention, ‘it cannot be ruled out that a defector without any<br />
special function within Al‐Shabaab can be traced’ ( 910 ). Amniyat has close networks and if they find defectors, they<br />
qualify at least as targets of opportunity ( 911 ). Already back in 2013, there were reports of a rising risk for deserters<br />
to be hunted down by Al‐Shabaab ( 912 )for which finding defectors had become a priority ( 913 ). ‘Al‐Shabaab defectors<br />
have a very good reason to fear for their lives.’ ( 914 ) Some are victims of targeted killings; there are also reports of<br />
ex‐Al‐Shabaab fighters (high rank and foot soldiers) or defectors who joined SNAF/SPF and get killed on a weekly<br />
basis ( 915 ), as for instance, on 26 April when a deserter was assassinated in the Wardhiigleey district of Mogadishu ( 916 ).<br />
Al‐Shabaab deserters have the possibility to go to the SYRC that is supported by Norway and Denmark, run by NISA ( 917 )<br />
and which operates in Mogadishu and Belet Weyne ( 918 ). Other options for deserters are to join the NISA ( 919 ) , go to<br />
Puntland or Somaliland that are considered to be relatively safe for deserters ( 920 ) , or leave the country ( 921 ). Some<br />
deserters hide themselves or change their appearance ( 922 ). In such cases, it might happen that the family of a deserter<br />
is threatened; or that Al‐Shabaab threatens to kill the wife or children of a deserter ( 923 ).<br />
( 908 ) The SYRC team in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://<br />
landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 28.<br />
( 909 ) IRIN, No easy way forward for Al‐Shabab defectors, 12 June 2014 (http://www.irinnews.org/report/100197/no‐easy‐way‐forward‐for‐al‐shabab‐defectors)<br />
accessed 11 July 2014.<br />
( 910 ) Lifos, Säkerhetssituationen i södra och centrala <strong>Somalia</strong>, Rapport från utredningsresa till Nairobi, Kenya i oktober 2013, 20 January 2014 (http://lifos.<br />
migrationsverket.se/dokumentdocumentAttachmentId=40524) accessed 22 June 2014, p. 8.<br />
( 911 ) SYRC team in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.<br />
no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 24; Lifos, Säkerhetssituationen i södra och centrala <strong>Somalia</strong>, Rapport från utredningsresa till Nairobi,<br />
Kenya i oktober 2013, 20 January 2014 (http://lifos.migrationsverket.se/dokumentdocumentAttachmentId=40524) accessed 22 June 2014, p. 8.<br />
( 912 ) Security Analysis Expert in: Tiwald, A., ‘The Security Situation in <strong>Somalia</strong>’, <strong>Somalia</strong>: Security, Minorities and Migration, Austria: Federal Ministry of the Interior,<br />
2013 (http://www.refworld.org/docid/53564b8a4.html) accessed 15 May 2014, p. 24; as well as sources in Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security<br />
and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 13, 36.<br />
( 913 ) SYRC team in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.<br />
no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 23; an international NGO states that this is credible. Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security<br />
and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 24.<br />
( 914 ) An international NGO in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014<br />
(http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 24.<br />
( 915 ) UNDSS in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.<br />
no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 24.n<br />
( 916 ) Security Analysis Department, Weekly Security <strong>Report</strong>, 2 May 2014.<br />
( 917 ) An international organisation in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March<br />
2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 25.<br />
( 918 ) The SYRC team in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://<br />
landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 28; another transition centre is in Baidoa. See: An international organisation in: Landinfo/<br />
Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.<br />
pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 25.<br />
( 919 ) An international NGO in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014<br />
(http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 24; a well‐informed journalist in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security<br />
and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 24.<br />
( 920 ) The SYRC team in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://<br />
landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 27.<br />
( 921 ) An international NGO in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014<br />
(http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 24; a well‐informed journalist in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security<br />
and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 24.<br />
( 922 ) Lifos, Säkerhetssituationen i södra och centrala <strong>Somalia</strong>, Rapport från utredningsresa till Nairobi, Kenya i oktober 2013, 20 January 2014 (http://lifos.<br />
migrationsverket.se/dokumentdocumentAttachmentId=40524) accessed 22 June 2014, p. 36.<br />
( 923 ) An international organisation in: Lifos, Säkerhetssituationen i södra och centrala <strong>Somalia</strong>, Rapport från utredningsresa till Nairobi, Kenya i oktober 2013,<br />
20 January 2014 (http://lifos.migrationsverket.se/dokumentdocumentAttachmentId=40524) accessed 22 June 2014, p. 36-37; SYRC team in: Landinfo/<br />
Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.<br />
pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 23; UNDSS in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>,<br />
March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 24.