The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has reached an agreement with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to help facilitate the safe movement and reintegration of Somali returnees from Yemen.
The IOM is the leading intergovernmental organization working in the field of migration.
“The KSRelief signed an executive program with the IOM, which will facilitate the safe movements, comprehensive rehabilitation and sustainable reintegration of Somali returnees from Yemen,” Abdulmajeed Al-Humaydhi, a spokesman at KSRelief, told Arab News on Thursday.
According to the agreement, the center will provide financial aid for activities that include assistance for safe return, receive and provide logistics for transport to continue with the return journey, and social integration and comprehensive rehabilitation, Al-Humaydhi said.
The executive program, valued at $2 million, was signed by Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, general supervisor of KSRelief, in Riyadh on Wednesday.
Al-Rabeeah said that the program would benefit 8,040 people in Somaliland, Berbera, Puntland, Bossaso and South Central Somalia, and the execution period will be 12 months from the date of starting.
Established in 1951 with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the IOM continues to grow, currently counting 166 member states, one of which is Yemen, with eight states holding observer status.
The IOM on Sept. 19, 2016 became a member of the UN as a “related organization,” giving the UN an explicit migration mandate.

From: Arabnews