Somalis in Yemen

Somalis in Yemen make up the historical Somali population in Yemen. Around 500,000 Somalis live in Yemen, of which 266,000 are refugees.[1][2]

Somalis in Yemen
Total population
500,000 (266,000 refugees)
Regions with significant populations
Aden
Sana'a
Languages
Somali
Arabic
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Soqotri, Arabs

History

Many Somalis and Yemenis can trace back their ancestry to a unspecified homeland.[3] Many Somalis fled to Yemen during the Somali Civil War.[4]

Demographics

There are around 500,000 Somalis in Yemen, mostly concentrated around Aden.[5] There are also some on Soqotra Island. Many Somalis in Yemen feel welcomed by the Yemeni people.[6] Many Somalis in Yemen now speak Arabic instead of their native Somali language due to language shift.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Yemen Unrest Makes Somalia Unlikely Safe Haven for Refugees". VOA.
  2. "Somali returnees from Yemen, survivors of a conflict that needs to end". Oxfam International. June 18, 2015.
  3. Rigby, C. P. (1867). "On the Origin of the Somali Race, Which Inhabits the North-Eastern Portion of Africa". Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London. 5: 91–95. doi:10.2307/3014215. JSTOR 3014215 – via JSTOR.
  4. "Somalis used to flee to Yemen to escape war. Now it's the other way around". The World from PRX.
  5. "Somali refugees in Yemeni limbo - Yemen | ReliefWeb".
  6. "Yemeni refugees integrate smoothly into Somali society". www.aa.com.tr.
  7. "Somali".
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