Durable Solution: Perspectives of Somali Refugees Living in Kenyan and Ethiopian Camps and Selected Communities of Return

This research was undertaken as an attempt to better understand how displaced Somalis view their situation, envisage their future, and if their repatriation ever became possible, what would make it sustainable. To do so, several hundred refugees were interviewed and participated in Focus Group Discussions (FGD) in Kenyan and Ethiopian camps. The perspective of three selected communities in areas of origin or anticipated return was also explored through interviews with key informants in Afmadow in Lower Juba, Baidoa in Bay and Belet Xaawo in Gedo.