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Refugees: Agreement for the Reform and Civil Concord

Implementations

Refugees – 2001

No information available on implementation in North (Afar) beyond a call for rehabilitation and reconstruction in the peace agreement. Refugee issue is very tricky in Djibouti as Djibouti’s nationality law allows people from neighboring countries to come to Djibouti (Source: Bezabeh, Samson A. 2011. “Citizenship and the logic of sovereignty in djibouti.” African Affairs. doi: 10.1093/afraf/adr045). Nevertheless, Djibouti’s government has been expelling non- Issa people from the country.[fn]Samson A. Bezabeh, “Citizenship and the logic of sovereignty in Djibouti,” African Affairs (doi: 10.1093/afraf/adr045), 2011.[/efn_note]

Refugees – 2002

No further developments occurred this year.

Refugees – 2003

Refugee provision of the accord was not implemented. In 2003, government attempted to expel 15% if the entire population (100,000 people) by labeling them illegal migrants.¹

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