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One week of Commemoration for International Migration Day was Concluded in Somaliland

December 24, 2010 · 195745 Comments2010-12-24+14%3A47%3A51Abdiqani

Hargiesa (Somalilndpress) the social gathering of International Migration Day was bring to close in Hargiesa Somaliland.

This celebration was taken part of government officials, IOM staff in Somaliland and other civil society members.

The conclusion debate of this commemorative international Migration day was open up by the Director of Somaliland Migration Response Centre (MRC), Mr; Mohamoud Yusuf Osman, and indicated the main Value and vision of this centre and the way they collaborate with other International and UN agencies for Mixed Migration Task force and other illegal migration response roles from the government of Somaliland.

Also the Vice Minister of Interior, Mr: Osman Garaad Soofe was praised by the IOM office in Hargiesa with the partnership they made to the Ministry of Interior and Centre for Migration Response in Somaliland.

The Minister also expressed his view on Mixed Migration Task Force from the government of Somaliland and Said; The government of Somaliland would implement policies that better meet increasing demands for labour migration, protect the rights of migrants, promote regular dialogue between countries of origin and destination and highlight the economic and social contribution of migrants both in home and host countries. “The challenge is to find humane and equitable solutions that reconcile people’s desire to migrate with the national sovereignty of States on population movements.

Cooperation is not only essential to ensure the rights of migrants are respected but also to migrants respecting the culture and laws of host countries.
At the last stage of closing to this commemorative one week on international Migration Day in Somaliland was finalized by the Minister of Justice and the Country Director of IOM- Somaliland.

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By Abdiqani

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m. abokor says:

Somaliland security is in jeopardy. The government must not let the Ethiopian refugees loitering in Hargeisa streets begging. Also illegal immigrant workers must be aprehended and sent back to Ethiopia. Is a Somaliland a banana state? o it has laws and that must apply to any foreignors who come to the country. The danger is the younger Ethiopians refugees speaks somali with the same accent like Somalilanders. When they reach adult age they will fight for their rights, and at a later time we will have problems like what happened in Sri lanka. The Somaliland Government must ask the UNHCR to account for the numbers of refugees from Somalia and Ethiopi. Security is at risk in Somaliland if people cross our borders and travel freely. All Ethiopian refugees must be repatriated back to their country. They must not work in Somaliland

4:32 am on December 25, 2010

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Boqoljireh says:

I disagree with the Vice Minister. If we do not check the current immigrants to Somaliland, especially those coming from Ethiopia of which 99% of them are unskilled, Somaliland will not benefit of them. Worse than that is their offsprings who born in our towns will make a good number of the population and if we do not create a system to check, this will change the demographic and those who born here will be eligible to be a citizens of this country and no one will differentiate between us and them.

We don't mind to have certain entrepreneurial skills to settle, but we should always be careful, and create a viable system to deal with this unstoppable exedus to our home. I know most of our jobless people are snobishly avoid to take the job these people are doing in Somaliland, but that does not mean us to let everyone to come and create unnessary havoc in our backyard. We see Hargeisa population has grown beyond our capacity of the services that our government has provide.

7:31 am on December 25, 2010

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mohamed says:

In the absence of a comprehensive immigration laws the security of Somaliland is in real pretty bad shape and scary with all the disorderly confusions this problem contains and/or embodies. Let's all hope to
see the Govt. UNHCR and other UNDP agencies will be able to find comprehensive solutions permanently
laying solid foundations of appreciable good policy matters.
Cheers.

8:42 am on December 25, 2010

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Abdulrahman Omar says:

Commemoration for International Migration Day was Concluded in Somaliland, seems a great progress to me but we have to find a way to find jobs for our millions and millions of high schools and universities graduates who loafing around the streets and looting the citizens accordingly.

3:57 pm on December 25, 2010

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Dagqa@hotmail.co.luk says:

somalilander men! so full of themselves first of think of your own offspring who are part of this society, How many of them are in prison? at least in Hargissa the Ormo man is man enough to work dirty jobs and support his children and give them a better life. mind somaliland is unrecognized country you abondened your own country and chose to beg and live in run down innercity and you expose your beatutiful wife and children to drug dealers and criminals, you let the segregation western system to take care of your own family most of you abondoned your own childrren, and let them live on benefit and force them to be burdon to this socity too. in general all soamli men are cold blooded and we are so asahmed of them.

4:39 am on January 2, 2011

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