EU Report Warns Over 1.1 Million Displaced People in Mogadishu Face Evictions, Poverty and Insecurity

A new EUAA report reveals that more than 1.1 million internally displaced people in Mogadishu face poverty, forced evictions, insecurity, gender-based violence, and limited access to services and identification documents

MOGADISHU, Somalia — More than one million internally displaced people are living across Mogadishu in conditions marked by poverty, insecurity, repeated eviction threats, and limited access to essential services, according to a major new report released by the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA).

The report, Somalia: Displacement in Mogadishu , provides one of the most comprehensive assessments to date of displacement in the Somali capital, examining the realities facing internally displaced persons (IDPs), prison conditions, forced evictions, and access to national identification documents.

According to the report, Mogadishu hosts more than 1.1 million displaced people spread across nearly 2,500 verified displacement sites, making the city the largest concentration of internally displaced people in Somalia.