HIGHLIGHTS
During the reporting period, a total of seven boats carrying 146 individuals arrived in Somalia from Yemen to Berbera, Somaliland (31 persons) and Bossaso, Puntland (115 persons). Out of them, 120 individuals were registered by UNHCR in collaboration with local authorities and partners in Berbera and Bossaso Reception Centers.
The most recent arrival was on 21 September 2015, when one boat called Mukhalla, arrived in Bossaso, Puntland, with 9 individuals (8 Somalis and 1 Yemeni). The other arrivals in Bossaso were on 19 September 2015 on two boats called Shamis 3 and Mukhalla with five and 28 individuals on board respectively (25 Somalis and eight Yemenis, 17 females and 16 males), on 17 September, two individuals (Yemeni males) on a boat called Fathul Kheyr, and on 16 September, 71 individuals (66 Somalis and five Yemenis, 35 females and 36 males) on a boat called Shamis 4.
The latest arrivals in Berbera, Somaliland, include: on 17 September, a boat named Asadaldiin carrying 12 individuals (10 Yemenis and two Ethiopians) and on 15 September, a boat named Hamza carrying 16 individuals (all Yemenis).
During the reporting period, a total of 21 Somali returnees from Yemen (4 families) have reached Hodan district in Mogadishu.