ABSTRACT
In 2008, 32,000 Somalis made the perilous crossing to Yemen, and 365 have gone missing. Within the first two months of 2009 more than 10,000 Somalis made their journey to Europe. About 1.3 million Somalis are displaced. In 2008 some 100,000 Somalis sought refuge in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Yemen. The number of Somali refugees in asylum countries now stands at 438,000 (UNHCR 2009b). The number of people in need of assistance has increased to nearly 3.2 million people, or 43 per cent of the Somali population. This is a 77 per cent increase since January 2008.
