MMC Eastern and Southern Africa Snapshot – February 2024 Protection risks, perpetrators and safety measures for Ethiopian refugees and migrants in Puntland Somalia annually sees the transit of tens of thousands of Ethiopian refugees and migrants, Data and profiles who are travelling along the Eastern Route to the Arabian Peninsula.1 This route is considered to be ‘unique in its precarity’ in terms. [...] deeper into the protection challenges that Ethiopian refugees and migrants face while on The majority (41%) of respondents were from Oromia, 17% from Amhara, 10% from the move in Somalia, the perceived perpetrators and the safety measures that refugees Tigray and the remaining 32% from other regions of Ethiopia.4 51% of respondents were and migrants put in place. [...] Women Men • Criminal gangs and smugglers were perceived as the main perpetrators of abuses by 57% 43% 32% 68% refugee and migrant respondents in the three most dangerous locations in Somalia. [...] What were the main risks there? Protection risks in the top Armed Forces and Dhulbahante clan militia,8 increasing risks for transiting refugees 3 dangerous locations in Somalia (multi-select) and migrants.9 Out of 251 respondents who stopped in Tog Wajaale, 52% cited it as dangerous; out of 355 respondents who stopped in Hargeisa, 37% cited it as dangerous; Tog Wajaale Hargeisa Laas Caanood (n=13. [...] 4Mi data collection 4Mi is the Mixed Migration Centre’s flagship primary data collection system, an innovative approach that helps fill knowledge gaps, and inform policy and response regarding the nature of mixed migratory movements and the protection risks for refugees and migrants on the move.
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