# UNHCR in Somalia: refugees, returnees and displaced people

> What UNHCR does in Somalia: refugees, returnees, displacement monitoring, 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

UNHCR works in Somalia with three groups: refugees and asylum seekers living in Somalia, Somali refugees who return, and Somalis displaced inside the country. It runs the Protection and Return Monitoring Network (PRMN, now PSMN), which reports new displacement, and publishes dashboards on its data portal ([UNHCR data portal](https://data.unhcr.org/en/country/som)).

## Who leads it

On 11 January 2026, Interior Minister Ali Yusuf Ali (Hosh) met Jing Song, described as the new head of UNHCR in Somalia, to discuss displacement and civil registration ([Dawan Africa](https://www.dawan.africa/news/somalia-unhcr-seek-durable-solutions-for-displaced-persons); [Ministry of Interior](https://moifar.gov.so/en/?p=30609)). An earlier ministry notice names Charles Mballa as UNHCR Country Representative ([Ministry of Interior](https://moifar.gov.so/en/?p=26537)).

## 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 UNHCR for work in Somalia ([OCHA FTS](https://fts.unocha.org/countries/206/summary/2025)):

| Year | Humanitarian funding recorded (US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 46.4 million |
| 2025 | 23.8 million |
| 2026, to November | 10.8 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

UNHCR flash alerts in 2026 report, for example, that clashes in [Lower Shabelle](/en/infrastructure/k50-airstrip/) in March displaced 2,364 people, and that [Dayniile](/en/society/internal-displacement/) district near Mogadishu already hosted about 673,000 displaced people ([UNHCR flash alert via ecoi.net](https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2138044/Flash%20Alert%20%239_Clashes%20%20in%20Mubarak%20and%20Darusalaam%20Villages%20in%20Lower%20Shabelle%20Displace%20Nearly%202400%20Civilians.pdf)). Its quarterly reports and annual results report for 2025 are public ([UNHCR Q1 2026 report](https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/123070); [UNHCR annual results report 2025](https://www.unhcr.org/sites/default/files/2026-06/unhcr-annual-results-report-2025-somalia.pdf)).

## How the work is shared

UNHCR works with the [Ministry of Interior](/en/institutions/ministry-of-interior/), the national refugee agency (National Commission for Refugees and IDPs), the [disaster management agency](/en/institutions/disaster-management-agency/) and IOM ([IOM in Somalia](/en/institutions/iom-somalia/)).

## How to use it

Displacement figures by region and month are on the UNHCR data portal ([UNHCR data portal](https://data.unhcr.org/en/country/som)).

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