The UN refugee agency said Friday it has revised funding needs for people displaced inside Somalia and for Somali refugees in the East Africa region. In a statement, the UNHCR said it’s seeking some 488 million U.S. dollars to provide continued support to displaced Somalis in 2017. “The updated funding appeal is combined with our call for continued and sustainable international engagement with the government of Somalia and also refugee hosting countries in the region,” UNHCR said. The update includes an additional requirement of 91 million dollars for Somali refugees in Ethiopia, Kenya, Yemen and those displaced inside Somalia. The UNHCR appeal also aims to cover needs of some 250,000 most vulnerable among the newly displaced – including those forced to leave Somalia due to drought and continued insecurity. The UN refugee said it requires resources to address return and reintegration of 50,000 returnees from Kenya and 10,000 from Yemen. “Insecurity, capacity of government institutions, curtailed humanitarian access, limited livelihood opportunities, lack of basic services, poor infrastructure are some of the key challenges in Somalia,” UNHCR said. It said the current risk of famine with reports of deaths and illnesses caused by drought-related factors is further complicating daily lives of Somalis. Some 6.2 million people are in need of humanitarian aid inside Somalia, adding that the ongoing drought also increases risk of famine-induced displacement in the region. According to the UNHCR, since November 2016, more than 683,000 people in Somalia have been internally displaced by drought, including more than 377,000 displaced during the first quarter of 2017. Over 126,000 of those are in the capital Mogadishu, and some 136,000 to Baidoa in the country’s southwest Bay region. Over 2 million Somalis are currently displaced by conflict, now lasting for more than two decades. Some 1.5 million people are internally displaced in Somalia and nearly 900,000 are refugees in the region, including some 308,700 in Kenya, 255,600 in Yemen, 246,900 in Ethiopia, and 13,200 in Djibouti.
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聯合國難民署週五表示，修改了索馬里境內流離失所者和東非地區索馬里難民的資金需求。難民專員辦事處在一份聲明中表示，目前正在尋求4.88億美元，以在2017年向流離失所的索馬里人提供持續的支持。“最新的資助呼籲與我們呼籲繼續和可持續的國際接觸，與索馬里政府和難民接收國在該地區，“難民專員辦事處說。最新情況包括為埃塞俄比亞，肯尼亞，也門和索馬里境內流離失所的索馬里難民增加了9 100萬美元的經費。難民專員辦事處的呼籲還旨在滿足新流離失所者中約25萬人最易受傷害的需求，包括由於乾旱和持續不安全而被迫離開索馬里的人。聯合國難民說，它需要資源來解決來自肯尼亞的5萬名返回者的返回和重返社會，以及也門的一萬人。難民專員辦事處說：“不安全感，政府機構的能力下降，人道主義援助受到限制，生計機會有限，缺乏基本服務，基礎設施落後，是索馬里的一些主要挑戰。它表示，由於與乾旱有關的因素導致的死亡和疾病報告，目前的飢荒風險使索馬里人的日常生活進一步複雜化。索馬里境內有大約620萬人需要人道主義援助，並補充說，持續的干旱也增加了該地區飢荒導致流離失所的風險。據難民專員辦事處介紹，自2016年11月以來，索馬里境內有超過68.3萬人受到旱災的流離失所，其中包括在2017年第一季度流離失所者超過37.7萬人。其中126,000多人在首都摩加迪沙，約136,000人在拜多阿該國西南灣地區。目前，超過二百萬索馬里人因衝突而流離失所，現在持續了二十多年。索馬里有150萬人因國內流離失所者而近90萬人是該地區的難民，其中肯尼亞約為308,700人，也門境內為255,600人，埃塞俄比亞為246,900人，吉布提為13,200人。