page_title: Immigration to Somalia
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Immigration to Somalia / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Somali expatriates returning from Yemen in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia (2015).
context_page_description: Immigration in Somalia is regulated by the Somali Immigration Department of the Federal Government of Somalia.
context_section_description: As of 2012, most emigrants to Somalia consist of Somali expatriates, who have returned to Mogadishu and other urban areas for investment opportunities and to take part in the ongoing post-conflict reconstruction process. Through both private efforts and public initiatives like the Somali Diaspora Corps, they have participated in the renovation of schools, hospitals, banks and other infrastructure, and have played a leading role in the capital's recovery. They have also helped to propel the local real estate market.
  In 2015, after the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, many returning Somali expatriates as well as various foreign nationals began emigrating from Yemen to northern Somalia. The UN expects the number of foreign nationals to eventually reach 100,000 over the following months.
  As of September 2014, the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation is scheduled to launch the first population census for Somalia in over two decades. The UNFPA assisted the Ministry in the project, which is slated to be finalized ahead of the planned plebiscite and local and national elections in 2016.
caption: Somali expatriates returning from Yemen in Bosaso (2015).
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