Effects of Refugee Inflows on Host Communities: the case of Somalia

Main purpose of this research is to evaluate the effects of the 2016-2017 Somalia crisis. Somalia is a protracted crisis (1991) that is caused by conflict, poor governance and natural disasters. Drought and floods are problems that the population have to face nearly each year. The 2016-2017 drought has been one of the most long and intense of the last years. A rapid response has not prevented population displacement caused by conflict and drought but has made possible for the displaced population to stay much nearer to their houses. It follows that appropriate actions done for the reconstruction of rural resilience would have much more chances to contribute at a normalization of the living conditions that is more rapid and effective