# IOM in Somalia: migration, displacement and stabilisation

> What IOM does in Somalia: displacement tracking, migrants, stabilisation, who leads it, its funding 2024 to 2026, and what it reports in 2026.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## What it does

IOM is the UN migration agency. In Somalia it tracks displacement, helps displaced people and migrants, and supports community stabilisation and recovery with the government ([Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation](https://moifar.gov.so/en/?p=28490)).

## Who leads it

Somalia's Foreign Ministry says Foreign Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi accepted the credentials of Manuel Marques Pereira as IOM Chief of Mission in Somalia ([Ministry of Foreign Affairs](https://web.mfa.gov.so/foreign-minister-ambassador-ahmed-moalim-fiqi-accepts-the-credentials-of-the-new-iom-chief-of-mission-in-somalia/)). In January 2026 the Interior Ministry's director general held an introductory meeting with him on stabilisation and governance ([Radio Dalsan](https://radiodalsan.com/dg/300372/somalias-interior-ministry-director-general-meets-iom-head-to-strengthen-cooperation-on-stabilization-and-governance)). An IOM statement in April 2026 still quotes him in this post ([GlobalSecurity.org, April 2026](https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2026/04/mil-260424-iom01.htm)).

## The money

OCHA's Financial Tracking Service (FTS) records humanitarian funding that donors and agencies report to it. It is not the whole budget of an organisation, and recent years are still being filled in. FTS lists these amounts received by IOM for work in Somalia ([OCHA FTS](https://fts.unocha.org/countries/206/summary/2025)):

| Year | Humanitarian funding recorded (US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 51.5 million |
| 2025 | 37.6 million |
| 2026, to November | 14.6 million |

The same figures for 212 organisations are on [this site's aid funding list](/en/institutions/aid-organisations-funding-2024-2026/).

## What it reports

IOM estimated that about 62,000 people had been displaced by drought across five districts of Somalia since the start of 2026 ([ReliefWeb](https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/drought-displaces-nearly-62000-somalia-climate-shocks-intensify)). It has called for global action on Somalia's climate crisis ([Eastleigh Voice](https://eastleighvoice.co.ke/regional/190053/somalias-climate-crisis-demands-global-action-says-iom)).

## How the work is shared

IOM works with the [Ministry of Interior](/en/institutions/ministry-of-interior/) on stabilisation, with the [Immigration and Citizenship Agency](/en/institutions/immigration-and-citizenship-agency/) on borders and migration, and with UNHCR on displaced people ([UNHCR in Somalia](/en/institutions/unhcr-somalia/)).

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