Security on the Move - Research Brief 3. Displacement and Camp Urbanisation in Mogadishu

Abstract

This research brief summarises key findings from the 2017-2019 Security on the Move research project. Funded by DFID and ESRC, Security on the Move focused on the perspectives and experiences of displaced people who settled in four Somali cities: Baidoa, Bosaaso, Hargeisa and Mogadishu. These four cities are under different political administrations, but share two core characteristics: First, they are growing rapidly in terms of size and density and second, an important driver of this growth is large scale in-migration caused by (forced) displacement. Although many issues relating to the economic precarity of displaced people are shared across the cities, there are important differences in regard to the historical experiences of ‘camp urbanisation’ and local and international efforts to manage camps and other settlements. This research brief focuses on the experiences of displaced people in Mogadishu, the capital city of the Federal Republic of Somalia. A Somali version of this research brief is available: https://securityonthemove.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Research-brief-MOGADISHU-SOM.pdf