Somalia: Women, Children Bear Brunt As Mogadishu Influx Swells to 100,000

press release

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Vivian Tan - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 26 July 2011, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Over the past month, UNHCR figures show that nearly 40,000 Somalis displaced by drought and famine have converged on Mogadishu in search of food, water, shelter and other assistance. A further 30,000 have arrived at settlements 50 kms from the centre of the capital. In total, it is estimated that Mogadishu has received up to 100,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) over the last two months. The number is growing by the day, with daily arrivals averaging 1,000 in July.

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