HIJRA

With a third of Somalia’s population in need of humanitarian aid, the country is clearly in severe crisis. Although the humanitarian statistics are better than in previous years, most aspects of everyday life for people fall far below acceptable living standards. 2.9 million Somalis are in humanitarian crisis 50,000 children are severely malnourished Women in […]

Somali migrants around the world send approximately $1.3bn each year to friends and families at home – more than total humanitarian aid to Somalia. Of these remittances, more than £100m million comes from the United Kingdom. This briefing shows how banks and regulators are in danger of inadvertently undermining this lifeline and driving it underground, […]