Geneva — Continuing conflict and poor seasonal rains are still forcing Somali people to flee their country since they were driven from their homes by conflict, human rights abuses and the worst drought in decades last June, said a spokesman with the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday.
Andrej Mahecic said in the first four months of 2012 some 20,000 Somalis sought refuge in neighboring Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Yemen.
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