Kenya: Somali repatriation process must be voluntary, UN agency stresses 26 November 2013 – The agreement signed earlier this month between the United Nations refugee agency and the Governments of Somalia and Kenya supports the voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees, a UNHCR spokesperson has stressed, reiterating that the parties are not forcing anyone to return to Somalia. “UNHCR does not support forced returns,” UN Refugee Agency spokesperson, Adrian Edwards, told journalists today in Geneva. “This understanding was reaffirmed last Friday,” […]

  FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED BENADIR AND DHOWOY STATE, SOUTHERN SOMALIA Press Release December 23, 2012   TO:  The Indigenous People of the Benadir and Dhowoy People of Somalia The United Nations The Somali Government CONTACT:      Technical Committee United Benadir and Dhowoy State ubds12@yahoo.com The Indigenous People of Southern Somalia seek international protection from oppression! 2nd ANNIVERSARY FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED BENADIR AND DHOWOY STATE (SOUTHERN SOMALIA) December 23, 2012 Considering, 1. That the indigenous peoples of Southern […]