UNHCR Program Operations in response to Somali Urban Refugees Community

UNHCR  Program Operations in response to Somali Urban Refugees  Community Based Needs. 

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This program study seeks to address the issues of Urban Somali refugees in Rome, Italy, under the context of UNHCR mandate to refugees and asylum seekers wellbeing and QA QUALITY ASSURANCE. It highlights the responsibility of hosting communities, government, NGOs and the responsibility of the UNHCR to the well-being of refugees’ asylum etc.

To address the current challenges of the urban refugees in Rome, the content of this research  will contain some practical individual Somali cases and some analytical responses against the role of the government to these services and assistance offered to refugees such as accommodation, food, employment, health, psychosocial, legal and financial assistance.

To affect the (QA) quality assurance of UNHCR’s, mandate operations towards refugees/asylum in Rome; in particular, Somali refugee community.    One of the main challenges in this community is lack of understanding the character of their unique culture when compared to other communities; for example, why Somalis are not begging in the street, in front of supermarkets, restaurants etc.  This does not mean they are not vulnerable as others. They try to cover their burden within themselves, no matter however they disagree within.    The report will exam for example why are they not stable, why are they on the movie once they reach Europe, Italy for instance etc.

The study will shed light on how to respond on circumstance like these and many others. How the UN and the host government can assure the wellbeing of these refugees by establishing (CBPNW GROUPS) Community Based Protection Networks.

The background of the fleeing of Somalis:

Somalis are on the run from their country since the collapse of the late Mohamed Siad Bare’s regime in 1990. The recent UN Security Council session on Wednesday 30th August 2017, once again unanimously adopted a resolution (2372) of 2017 extended the mandate of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) until May 31st, 2018 consisting 21,126 uniformed personnel. This is a clear indication that Somalia is still unstable and Somali citizens are fleeing from unsafe circumstances from their country. 

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:

 Collecting information in a narrated dialogue form  -

 Examine the well-being of Somali refugees/asylum in Rome. 

 The quality of legal assistance to Somali refugees/asylum through the local and international partners etc.

 Inter-community psychosocial support 

 Need of temporary emergency shelter accommodation. 

 Information sharing between UNHCR protection unit and the Somali CBPNW

 A sure formalities and assistance to voluntary repatriation 

 Trust building between the Somali refugees/asylum community and UNHCR/authorities. 

 Mainstreaming the volunteer work of the CBPNW. 

 Capacity building by ensuring consultative approaches between and amongst government counter parties, partners and persons of concern. 

Response and the expected impact:

Through the reports from UNHCR, the Italian authorities will review the overall well-being of the Somali refugee’s community and reduce their vulnerabilities by establishing and supporting CBPNW. 

The Italian government may establish refugee study centre that may conduct research studies of refugees/asylum seekers and other migration trends. That may eventually contribute recommendations in resolving refugee’s problem. 

UNHCR will develop Protection reporting methods through CBPNW, Community Service AGDM assessment of protection needs and assure the wellbeing of refugees. 

UNHCR may establish similar CBPNW for other communities to assure quality of the wellbeing of other refugees’ asylum seekers.

UNHCR may propose to EU country members to standardise the overall assistance to refugees and Asylum seekers in Europe. 

The Design of the report:

A number of individual cases surveyed, supports this report and it highlights the needs for establishing the CBPNW. In all aspects of legal, proper profiling anagraphy, awareness on the rules regulations of the hosting community, changing residency, changing documents, changing weather conditions, burials, reunion, learning local language, voluntary repatriation, persons with disabilities, unaccompanied minors, detention cases, rehabilitation of addicted etc. 

Rationale:

The report study will help and support in understanding the uniqueness in each society that falls under the category of a refugee statutes in this country. By establishing CBPNW for this community, UNHCR will be able to monitor the well-being of its beneficiaries based on the provision of the 1951 convention and its protocols, the standard and indicators mandated for UNHCR and partners in its operations. Similarly, reduce unnecessary bewilderment of refugees and asylum seekers for those who are alien to the European culture and environment.

Establishing CBPNW in UNHCR operations worldwide have resolved so many concerned protection risks like SGBV, Cultural problems etc. Moreover, this protection profile program will be the line of information exchange between UNHCR and its beneficiaries. 

Background 

The objectives of this paper is aimed to highlight the Somali refugees’ disorder and trends of their movements in southern Europe, especially in Italy and find solutions to their bleed. 

However, the current Somali government is trying their best to restore peace and stability in Somalia with the broader support from the international community. Nevertheless, Somalia is still far from stable country. The causes  of Somalis to flee from their country is yet over and obviously can be summarized as to lack of effective central government,  lack of security, lack of justice, daily threat of terrorist acts, tribalism and absence of basic requirements of society.

After nearly 27 years still the international news reports clashes of armed groups mainly between ALSHABAB militants and Government Army backed by African Union – AMISOM or between ALSHABAB and tribal militia groups in addition to forced recruitment of children and youths by these groups. The current situation in Somalia is due to  lack of strong national army, absence of effective national institutions, lack of inclusiveness of citizens and discrimination of citizens as the Somali constitutional law is based on 4.5  meaning minority tribes are less privileged. 

Mostly young men, women, children and youths, these are some of the main causes that many Somalis flee from their country. Often a challenge to their life in Europe, they are unskilled due to lack of formal education or lack of other job-related local skills and thus missing employment opportunity. However, there are a handful of experienced Somalis with different skills and can volunteer to their community if organised together by the UN and the hosting authority. 

Therefore, as refugees in Italy, due to the lack of direct communication between the Italian authorities and the Somali urban refugees, due to lack of information exchanges between refugees and the UNHCR made it difficult to solve their frustration. 

For example in general the gap between the Italian authorities and refugee community. If we refer to the recent refugee’s demonstrations in Rome during the end or August 2017 is a clear indication that Italy is becoming very difficult and it became vibrant that the intervention of the authorities in Rome is not enough to answer the dilemma of the refugees in general. There have been refugee’s sit-ins for several weeks after a large number of Eritrean refugees, some Ethiopian and probably some Somalis were remained to leave from their residents by the authorities. This sit-in attracted a huge numbers from the local community in alliance with the refugees and demanded the government to address the situation. The local newspapers as well as international commented on the issue. Therefore, there is an urgent need to establish a centre for refugee studies in Italy and especially in Rome. The study centre will brand researches on refugee/asylum matter and migration trends etc. The research centre regulates issues, recommends on the best ways to resolve the plight of refugee’s community and asylum seekers in Italy, and will unify the overall interventions of the refugee programs.

Somali refugee’s community and asylum seekers in this country.

After conducting an extensive survey within one of the refugee communities (Somali Refugees) in Italy, it became obvious the need for establishing a centre of (CBPNW) Community Based Protection Network that can manage their daily problems, cultural issues and resolve community difficulties in this metro-puritan city issues like: there is no proper profiling of Somali community. However, resources from the internet latest 2016 registered Estimates of Somalis is about 8,000 individuals in Rome alone and about 2% of this figure are in extreme vulnerability; about 1600 individuals. Thus, there is an urgent need of intervention by community services, legal, social, psychosocial, cultural orientation, rehabilitation, voluntary repatriation, documents, translation, detention etc. To understand these protection needs, the cases presented on this paper are real case scenarios but the names used and the character are imaginative. 

The legal aspects:

Mr. Abdi:  a civil engineer by profession;

He left Somalia; he left his wife and 4 children in Somalia. He came to Libya and then to Italy probably his arrival to Italy facilitated by smugglers from Libya. However, eventually he entered Italy and on his way to Italy, he met with Ms. Halima on a boat in his way to Italy and after entering Italy, the two married and got a child. During this time, he made his asylum application to the Italian authorities. He registered his first wife and her children with the Italian authorities, and he registered his new wife with a different name.  Meanwhile he and his new wife decided to leave Italy and entered Sweden with their new child. In Sweden, they registered as refugees with different names got also a new baby.  In life, they confronted and divorced then Mr. Abdi returned to Italy where he first registered with the Italian authorities as refugee, and started working with a construction Italian company. On the other hand, the divorced woman left Sweden and entered Germany. 

In time while Halima was in Germany, Mr. Abdi working with the Italian construction company got an accident and fall down from a construction building on which he was working and unfortunately, Mr. Abdi died in the accident.

Formalities of legal insurances and inheritance started, the divorced woman and her two children heard the incident and came for the funeral and the burials of her children’s father. The Italian authorities when they tried to assure the legitimacy of the inheritance it found that the second wife and her two children are not documented with the Italian authorities and it became difficult to verify the legitimacy of the second wife and her children to be included in the share of the inheritance.

Some analysis of such cases: 

The aim of this individual case scenario is when officials  encounter such issues especially in the inter relations between the legal case and the social aspects  and also due to the cultural differences of communities necessitate the establishment of CBPNW as a background and referral bases of any legal and social aspects of life problems amongst this kind of community. In establishing Community Centres; that can be used as a referral office to clarify according to the particular issues of culture; will help resolve complex cultural issues through this. Community centres can manage and coordinate by linking the CBPNW groups and reporting to UNHCR protection concerns and the authorities in order to keep the QA quality assurance of the wellbeing of refugees and asylum seekers. 

The fleeing of Somalis is justifiable due to the lack of strong central government, Somali citizens are on the run for refugee looking for international protection. The UN Security Council has just approved the renewal of the mandate of the AU army to stay further in Somalia until May 2018. This is a clear indication that Somalis are on the run since the collapse of its central government 1990.

Another scenario:

Generally refugees when they are transiting Libya face traumatic situations and on their voyage to Europe. These circumstances lead them becoming mentally sick and affects their future life. On their journeys from Libya, while on high sea refugees are given a small lighter, a small compass and some biscuits and water to eat and drink by the smugglers. They are the referred on these small plastic vessels pumped with air and a life jacket and start their voyage to Europe.  

Ms. Habibo is one of those who suffered from the sequences of her trip after entering Italy she became mentally sick. Habibo originally came from Burao, Somaliland; she left behind four children and their grandmother back in Somaliland.  She made her way to Europe starting from Burao, Somalia to Kenyan and from Kenya to Sudan and from Sudan to Libya and from Libya to Italy. 

After reaching Italy, she became mentally sick, lost her mind, and is now helpless in Rome, This is due to the rough conditions she travelled. While in this situation, she found some God gifted Somalis in Roma, found her family links back in Somalia and is now trying voluntarily repatriate to Somaliland to join her children and her mother. Currently there are about similar psychiatric individual cases in Rome that need some counselling and intervention. This group of refugees need temporary accommodation and assistance. Nothing can be done without the collaboration between the CBPNW, UNHCR and the local authorities. 

Psychosocial counselling: 

Farhia: is a young Somali woman suffering from mentality problems. She is a destitute wondering in and around Roma Terminal Station.  She sleeps by the side of the pedestrian, a terible case for a woman to sleep by the side of Public Street. Her case needs cultural mental rehabilitation and temporary accommodation. 

Saharla: A Somali woman with six children, four boys (one minor and three adults) and two girls all coming from Sweden. The woman and her children came to  Italy and asking the Somali consulate a go home paper to Somalia. However, when asked by the Somali Consulate to present any documents that she and her children may have as referrals issued by the Swedish authorities or from Italy. She insisted that she does not have one document. 

No one knows how long she lived in Sweden; no one knows what the cause of her leaving Sweden is and why she wants to return to Somalia. Somali community representative from Milano informed some of the embassy staff that Saharla and her children have applied asylum in Milano Qoustura authorities. Moreover were given temporary accommodation by the authority in Milano and was arranged an appointment for interview but with all these support and assistance, she left Milano and came to Rome and applied to the Somali embassy a go home documents to voluntary repatriation to Somalia. 

While in this limbo situation, she forcefully asked to accommodate by some Somalis in Rome while she is waiting the repatriation documents from the embassy. Since then is almost one month and is occupying somebody’s home without document. 

It became difficult to find a temporary housing for Saharla and her six children because they do not show any proper documents with them. The community individuals and the Somali consulate finding her difficult to deal with her case, since she does not show any formal documents. Moreover, her behaviour and manners are not friendly as she is shouting and insulting everyone she meets. Her case is not clear whether she mentally fit or otherwise? Psychosocial specialist may assess her case before deciding any provisions related to her case etc.

This kind of phenomena is not only with  Saharla, but most Somali refugees if they start to formally register in one of the transit camps or with  regional authorities, they immediately leave in the mid of the process of  registration. Escaping to other EU countries and at some point, they are returned to their point of entry, which is Italy for example. Their situation is typically complex for example they register and are registered with one authority, take sojourn from Milano, goes to Bari, and submit his /her asylum claim in Bari refugee/asylum commission. With a quite number of dialogue discussion with Somali youth, they speak about registering them selves with different European countries for porpoises of getting assistance from different sources. 

Documentations:

When registering Somali names and sure names mostly with error and mistakes in writing the Somali names and for instance the name (Mohamed, Mohammed, Mohammad, Mohamad, Muhumed), Maano, Maana, Mana, Mano etc.). Such as dates of birth, places of birth and all other civil registry and profiling system. Therefore, authorities registering face technical problems in references of documentation and accuracy in statistics.  To address these issues also it needs volunteers of the CBPN help individuals to register properly and may be with other African and Arab refugees entering Europe. 

In and around the Camp:

In the camps some of them after facing most difficulties some of them due to language problems, face hard living with other refugees from Africa or from the Arab.  Many young Somali refugees hanged themselves from trees, others after they finish the temporary transit camps face difficult to integrate in the urban compelled them throw themselves from high buildings.. As integration process takes long time and difficult to find work; for instance, province of Rome alone has more than twenty different locations for work orientation and nearly twenty different local municipalities.  Refugees are supposed to go and find first, then seek counselling from these offices but it will take weeks to locate the appropriate office locations for a refuge who is very new to this country etc. Thus for a refugee who is new to the city may give him /her a hard lesson before realizing full integration. These are one of the difficulty facing refugees and there is no referral in between. Therefore, establishing CBPNW and Community Centre will help resolve most of these problems. 

Refugee’s reunion procedure:

The online applications for reunion has its difficulties as most of the refugees are not familiar with the digital applications online and are not literate. With such circumstances facing some practical difficulties. For example some of the legal difficulties in the process of reunifications for example: Until 2016, all refugees residential were registered and recognized as Via Deglle Stalle 14/a. 00186-Roma.  However, after 2017, refugees are requested to find their own residential place, address, This means Italian Embassies abroad rejected those refugees who submitted their reunion processes with the Via Deglle Stalle before the new directives from the ministry of interior.

Confusion: 

There are countless number of state offices in different areas in Rome. These offices be they state owned offices or NGOs refugees and asylum seekers go and are welcome but each office is in a different location finding it will cause a lot on refugees/asylum seekers, the simplest thing to note is time consuming. local municipalities, social centres, medical consulting offices, counselling work related matters etc. it takes months before one realize a result of what she/he is looking for. So to acquire a service a refugee have to present many papers documents and this made them frustrated and seek assistance elsewhere. In particular, the most vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers are persons with special needs.

Profiling refugees:

Today it is difficult to know actually, what is the total number of Somalis in Italy, in particular in Rome. The Somali embassy nor Italian official sources can claim exact figure of Somalis I Rome. However, data collected from internet shows there are about 8,000 Somalis in Rome. There is poor profiling refugees and thus made it difficult to address and assess their needs, it is not clear their age, gender, birthplace, education and skills. Therefore, it for seen imperative that these refugees/ asylum seekers (Somali Refugees Community Centre) that are responsible for taking care of their most needy one with the support of the UN and Italian authorities and they can resolve most of these problems that are linked to their unique culture. 

As a pilot project by establishing Somali Refugee Community Centre run by CBPNWs that is responsible to coordinate and feed the needed information for the wellbeing of this refugee community and later can be established similar community centres for each other refugee community from other countries.

Summary:

In this report, the fact that the different individual cases presented is one of many that are plastering the urban Somalis in Rome and it is assumed as a background to this project proposal to help this community. Therefore, the above-mentioned protection concerns and the need to address them necessitate the establishment of small community centre for the Somalis in Rome.  

PROPOSAL 

CBPNW

Community Based Protection Network Terms and Reference

Somali refugees’ community centre in Rome 

Short definition: 

The need for a community based protection Network. CBPNW is a group of urban refugees from different age, gender, background, are organized based on a specific criteria, and perform their responsibilities on voluntary basis. The network also should include members from the host community if applicable.

The idea behind having the network is to ensure that the protection needs and the wellbeing of this refugee community. There problems are identified and shared through community participation approach so the humanitarian community, 

The UN and the Italian Authorities can make the right response to the different issues, concerns, gaps etc. especially in areas where the UN and the Italian Authorities do not have access or understand due to mainly the uniqueness of cultural differences amongst communities in host population. 

THE NETWORK TERMS OF REFERENCE 

 THE TIMELY PROTECTION INFORMATION GATHERING AND SHARING AMONG ALL CONCERNED PARTS, the UN AND THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES.

 MONITOR THE PROTECTION NEEDS AND GAPS BY IMPROVING THE CBPNW CAPACITIES ON SOCIAL, LEGAL AND GENERAL PROTECTION ISSUES OF THIS COMMUNITY BY A REPORTING BASED ON PRINCIBLES OF VOLUNTEERISM WHILE AVOIDING CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

 MONITOR OTHER GAPS OF NEEDS LIKE EDUCATION NEEDS, TRAINING NEEDS, HEALTH, SANITERY NEEDS, FOOD AND TEMPORARY ACCOMODATION EMERGENCY NEEDS AND TRAING WORKSHOPS.

 MAPPING OUT ALL THE BASIC SERVICES PROVIDED THE UN AND THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER.

 RAISING AWARNESS OF THE SOMALI REFUGEES COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THE CONSEQUENCES BY ESCAPING THE FORMAL REGISTRATION OF THE AUTHORITIES. 

 CONDUCTING CBPNW BI-WEEKLY MEETING AND OTHER MEETINGS AS REQUIRED ASSURING THE WELLBEING OF THE REFUGEES COMMUNITY.

 REPORTING BACK ALL THE FINDINGS ON A WEEKLY OR MONTHLY BASES WITH ALL THE FINDINGS TO UNHCR PROTECTION UNIT. UNHCR WILL THE MAKE THE NECESSARYARRANGEMENT. 

INCENTIVES FOR VOLUNTEERS: 

 NOTE BOOKS/PENS AND SMALL BAGS FOR EACH VOLUNTEER MEMBER TO CARRY WARKING MATERIALS.  

 REGULAR SUPPLIES OF STANDARIZED  REPORTING FORMS AND STATIONRIES 

 EUR 5.00 TO 10.00/= AS TRANSPORTATION FEES FOR EACH VOLUNTEER MEMBER DURING THE WEEKLY OR BI WEEKLY MEETINGS AND RECHARCH TELLEPHONE CARDS.

 OTHER DUTIES CAN BE ASSIGNED BASED ON THE LOCATION AND THE CONTEXT OF THE NEEDSWITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

 CBPNW MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES WILL BE FLEXIBLE DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE SOPs OF THE CBPNW

The network members should represent all the Somali refugees’ community and can be nominated with the guidance of the UNHCR but later the criteria for selection can be done on election and volunteerism.

Selection criteria:

• Volunteerism 

• Literacy 

• Self-discipline

• To be a Somali and  living in Rome for long period 

• Attend the training and learning needs for the Community volunteering and  to be covered properly 

• Maturity, Credibility and Bona-fide and interested in serving for his/her  Community

• Availability in the areas needed as needs arise 

• Composed of different age, gender balances

Responsibilities:

The CBPNW network members perform their tasks as necessary through daily contact with their community members as needed. 

The members may conduct home visits as required to monitor the different needs of their communities (as such: protection, security, health, training, temporary accommodation etc.) While avoiding the conflict of interest in carrying out these activities. CBPNW will help their vulnerable members accordingly, will share reports with the concerned offices, and may seek consultations and recommendation issues of the vulnerable cases like disabilities, minors, UAM etc.

The CBPNW members may report to a coordination or a vocal point person at UNHCR Protection Unit/ Community Services and may accordingly liaise with the appropriate authorities to their needs. 

The volunteers of the network will report to the assigned focal point person at the UNHCR office by filling a simple and standardized report format (annexed) here and the reporting may not be on regular bases instead it will be on ad-hoc bases and in a confidential manner.

The raised reports will be discussed in the bi-weekly meetings of the network attended by,   may be the UNHCR focal point and appropriate liaison office from local authorities. Based on the issues/concerns reported, will be decided in the meeting and the level to which the reports should be raised and shared with other concerned authorizes in order to respond to each individual problem.

The network is the linkage line between the Somali refugees’ community from one side and the UNHCR and the authorities on the other side. Therefore, the CBPN are to raise awareness of the Somali refugee’s community on issues of their new environment procedures and respecting the host communities and rules and regulations of the country the are.

UNHCR may want to conduct some workshops, general orientations and dialogue between community members about the protection tools and other community related issues.

Annex:                        CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CBPNW

 All members of the CBPNW should understand and agree upon the following principles, rules and regulations and to be signed by each CBPNW member accordingly.

I WILL; 

 Treat all vulnerable Somali refugees’ community with no discrimination between men/women, children/youth, elder people and disabilities.

 Respect ethnic differences with the Somali refugees community,  believes, affiliations amongst them and respecting the rules of the hosting country

 Help to my best level and report any concerns of vulnerable cases that need especial care.

 Exercise with due care in all matters related to my volunteer dedication and not divulge any confidential information regarding the community protection related matters.

 At all times be transparent in my actions.

 Accountable of my deeds and do not place myself in any position that might raise doubts.

 Be self-assessing my behaviours, actions, language and relationships with offices sharing the reports 

I WILL NOT: 

 Engage in a behaviour that is intended to shame, humiliate, belittle or degrade the vulnerable individual community member. 

 Use inappropriate, offensive or discriminatory language when speaking with any member of the refugees’ community.

 I will never request any provision or favour from any refugees in return of assisting their needs.

 Hit or physically assault a refugee when helping them on in any matter of their needs.

 Develop any erotic relationships with community members that may be measured as exploitive or abusive.

 Behave aggressively or inappropriately with UNHCR staff who is responsible as a focal point or government personnel. 

 Act in a way that shows unfair and discrimination to the vulnerable community members. 

 Photograph or video any incidents without the consent of the concerned refugee of this community

I, _______________________________________________________. 

Understand and will comply with all the principles stated above 

Signature__________________________

Date:______________________________

Annex II                                            CBPNW RPORTING FORMAT

DATE:

REPORTED BY:…………………………………………….

NO.

DISCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM AND NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CASE

1 WHO

2 WHAT HAPPENED

3 WHEN DID IT HAPPEN

4 WHERE DID IT HAPPEN

5 WHY DID IT HAPPEN

6 HOW DID IT HAPPEN

7

Remarks:

Budget project plan:

Items Unit Cost 

Community Centre 1 € 2,000/month 

Office furniture 1 ( meeting table and chairs ) € 1,000

Incentives for CBPNW 5 × € 15 (transport & tellephon  charges) € 75

Vulnerable individuals 160 € 5×160

Burials ~ ~

Voluntary Repatriation 10 families per year ~

Notice board 2

Training /cultural room 1

Total

Prepared by:

Ahmed Massud 

UNHCR Internship 

e-mail : mazzud2001@yahoo.com

Supervised by: 

Roland Schilling 

UNHCR Deputy Representative Southern Europe 

e-mail: schillin@unhcr.org

Telephone: 0039 06 80 21 23 40

Cell phone: 0039 366 783 8458

References:

Information collected from various sources from the Somali community in Rome. 

The Guardian: Italian PM holds talks on migration after mass protest over Rome eviction. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw0rLw7DU.

http://baydhabo.com/2016/07/26/wararkii-ugu-dambeeyay-khasaaraha-qaraxyadii-nawaaxiga-garoonka-diyaaradaha/.

http://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/puntland/somalia-puntland-somaliland-forces-clash-in-sanaag-5-killed

http://goobjooge.com/alshabaab-oo-weerar-culus-ku-ah-degaanada-ahlu-suna-ee-gobollada-dhexe/ 

http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/italy/statistics

http://markacadeey.com/2016/07/shabaab-oo-dib-u-qabsaday-degmada-awdheegle-ee-gobolka-shabellaha-hoose/

Somalis occupyingSomaliembassyin Rome:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/world/europe/somali-refugees-find-a-new-kind-of-hardship-in-italy.html

euronews [English edition]: Amnesty warns against ‘outsourcing’ migrant crisis to Libya. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw84iN8TU

Letter of thanks

Dear all, 

I would kindly like to extend my Sincere regards to FCEI (Federazione delle Chiese Evangeliche) Mediterranean Hope manager Ms Giulia Gori Manager of MH – Mediterranean Hope and her colleague Beatrice Chioccioli, who sponsored my internship financing. I also thank to UNHCR-Italy Management my colleagues Stephane Jaquemet, the Representative  and  Roland Schilling, the Deputy Representative, Philippe-Nicolas Soum, UNHCR Regional Admin./Finance Officer, Matilde Barbetti, UNHCR HR. Assistant for their full support during my internship, guidance and material supports for the internship. Also thanks to Ms Maria Grazia Battisti,from the Servizio di Integrazione Socio-Lavorativa per richiedenti asilo e titolari di protezione internazionale e umanitaria for her professional coordination and support to the success of my internship. Similarly also I  personally thank to Ms Margherita Panzera,  Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Science,  Graduate Division,  St. John's University  - Rome  Campus for her support by offering me  the university campus learning  materials and eventually once again I thanks to Roland Schilling, UNHCR Deputy  who was my acquaintances and supervisor for the internship,  guidance, and the time he spent with me during the course of my internship. I  also thank to my fellow Somali friends of different individuals who contributed  to background report of my internship

In all these while, I was conducting my internship I was feeling comfort whenever I meet each person of the above-mentioned individuals. 

I hope my internship report becomes an initiative and will contribute to the already so many recommendations to resolve the blight of this community and other refugee communities in Italy. 

Ahmed Massud