The news coming from asylum seekers in Sweden have confirmed to Medeshi that their lawyers told them that the Somaliland government requested asylum seekers from the country be retuned back through Hargeisa or Berbera airports.
The asylum seeker who did not want to reveal her identity said that her lawyer informed that she was assessed and found to be of Somaliland origin and , according to a recent agreement between the current government of Somaliland and many EU countries, all failed asylum seekers assumed from Somaliland will be forced and flown back home.
This news is contrary to the policies of the previous Somaliland governments lead by Egal and Riyale who have both opposed the forced return of asylum seekers to the country. It said that the current government has been given incentives by certain EU countries to accept the forced return of asylum seekers from both Somalia and Somaliland.
This could be very damaging for the policies of the current Somaliland government that is seeking international recognition as this shows betrayal of the genuine Somali asylum seekers and reveals the governments’ desperate situation to get the European support.
Read also Somalia and IOM : http://iom.fi/files/Information%20sheets
Somaliland is an unrecognized state located in the Horn of Africa. It is regarded internationally as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland, however, regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of Somaliland.
In 1988, the Siad Barre regime committed massacres against the people of Somaliland, which led to the Somali Civil War. The war left the economic and military infrastructure severely damaged. After the collapse of the central government in 1991, the territory re-asserted its independence and withdrew from Somalia on May 18 of the same year. Since then, it has been governed by an administration that seeks self-determination as the Republic of Somaliland.
Currently, it remains unrecognized by any state or international organization. However, many foreign governments maintain informal ties with the state and have established an increasing number of foreign delegations and embassies in the capital Hargeisa.
Somaliland is bordered by Ethiopia in the south and west, Djibouti in the northwest, the Gulf of Aden in the north, and by Somalia in the east.
The asylum seeker who did not want to reveal her identity said that her lawyer informed that she was assessed and found to be of Somaliland origin and , according to a recent agreement between the current government of Somaliland and many EU countries, all failed asylum seekers assumed from Somaliland will be forced and flown back home.
This news is contrary to the policies of the previous Somaliland governments lead by Egal and Riyale who have both opposed the forced return of asylum seekers to the country. It said that the current government has been given incentives by certain EU countries to accept the forced return of asylum seekers from both Somalia and Somaliland.
This could be very damaging for the policies of the current Somaliland government that is seeking international recognition as this shows betrayal of the genuine Somali asylum seekers and reveals the governments’ desperate situation to get the European support.
Read also Somalia and IOM : http://iom.fi/files/Information%20sheets
Somaliland is an unrecognized state located in the Horn of Africa. It is regarded internationally as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland, however, regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of Somaliland.
In 1988, the Siad Barre regime committed massacres against the people of Somaliland, which led to the Somali Civil War. The war left the economic and military infrastructure severely damaged. After the collapse of the central government in 1991, the territory re-asserted its independence and withdrew from Somalia on May 18 of the same year. Since then, it has been governed by an administration that seeks self-determination as the Republic of Somaliland.
Currently, it remains unrecognized by any state or international organization. However, many foreign governments maintain informal ties with the state and have established an increasing number of foreign delegations and embassies in the capital Hargeisa.
Somaliland is bordered by Ethiopia in the south and west, Djibouti in the northwest, the Gulf of Aden in the north, and by Somalia in the east.
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