Somali refugees from Dadaab camp in Kenya reach Mogadishu

At least fifty Somali refugees were on Wednesday flown back to the country’s capital Mogadishu.
Plane carrying Somali citizen that took off from Dadaab, the largest refugee settlement in the world has touched down at Aden Adde International Airport.
It comes barely four months after Deputy President William Ruto called on the United Nations to relocate the approximately 333,000 Somali refugees, just after Al Shabaab militiamen attacked Garissa University College killing 147 people, mostly students.

Under the agreement signed by Kenya, Somalia and the humanitarian organisation, “assistance will be provided to returnees to any area of Somaliland, Puntland and South Central Somalia”.
UNHCR has said it will ensure the returnees receive standardised financial and in-kind assistance for safe and dignified return, as well as long-term support to help returnees reintegrate in areas they once fled from. Only people with specific protection needs will be airlifted while the rest will be returned by road.
The three parties involved have agreed to strengthen efforts and rally international support for comprehensive and community-based interventions.
Somali has experienced decades of instability forcing over 1.1 million of its citizens to be displaced.
More than 900,000 have also sought refuge in other countries, with approximately half the number residing in Kenya.