Somalia: Number Seeking Asylum On the Rise
allafrica.com     28-Mar-2008            

As many as 15,000 Somalis have sought asylum since the start of this year in neighbouring countries such as Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sudan to escape the violence engulfing many parts of their homeland, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today. [read full story]                

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