HIGHLIGHTS
A total of two boats carrying nine individuals arrived in Somalia from Yemen to Berbera, Somaliland, during the reporting period. Out of them, UNHCR registered three individuals in collaboration with local authorities and partners in Berbera reception centres, while the other new arrivals directly re-joined their families and were not in need of immediate assistance.
On 30 September, a boat named Al Hamsa arrived in Berbera carrying three Yemeni refugees. Another boat called Asaladiin arrived in Berbera on 5 October carrying six individuals (five Yemeni and one Somali nationals). - During the reporting period there have been no new arrivals from Yemen in Bossaso.
However, on 4 October, a boat carrying 13 young men and three girls (all 16 Somali nationals), who reportedly left Puntland and were traveling to Yemen with intention to go to Libya via Sudan and cross the Mediterranean Sea, arrived at Bossaso port after their families brought them back.On 3 October, Bossaso police reported that a boat carrying passengers from Bossaso to the Gulf of Aden capsized, killing approximately 60 alleged migrants. During the reporting period, a total of 484 Somali returnees from Yemen (97 families) have reached South Central regions of Somalia. 439 individuals (88 families) have arrived in Hodan, Howlwadag and Karan districts in Mogadishu. 45 individuals (9 families) arrived in Baidoa and were verified as recipient of onward transportation assistance from Berbera and Bossaso. 52 individuals (18 families), arrived in Baidoa during the previous weeks, have now received the return assistance package.