Its Time Somali Diaspora To Travel Mother-Home

Although most parents lived in developed countries got their children free education and health service yet there is something missing that parents always mount their mind which is the Home country and culture. Many parents take their children holiday every year to the rest of the world, although hundreds of thousands of Diaspora came to Somalia last decade and made success business.

Some families came for holiday with their children born and raised out of the country to adopt children with Somali culture and back as year per year getting increased.

While other families came to repair and rent their land property that were not maintained as they out the country.

As Visit Mogadishu, we do provide tailored tour package, we served many Diaspora who never came Somalia or out of the country over years. Amongst Afro Abdo 45 years Female born and raised aboard, currently UK citizen with her mam who has been out of the country since 1973, she raged on our TripAdvisor page & said; “This is was my first experience visiting my homeland for the first time. Thank you  Ali Hasan and all the crew team for making this possible and safe. Everything was provided for me, I did not have to worry about transport, hotel booking and visiting interested places day and night. I don’t know what to say but for sure I will come back again…promise… Thank you guys”.

Our service includes; sponsor visa, immigration assistant, airport pickup, accommodation, meal, transport, security service (if needed), tour Somalia’s top sight seen, culture integration, storytelling, national days , Marathon days , Football days etc. Our service is available in Mogadishu, Kismayo, Garowe, Bosasso, Afgoe, Warsheikh and others on request.

We recommend diaspora to book as either group or families to share the cost, also solo travelers service is available but costs.

About this trip, sure you get experience and will change your perception of Somalia into the beautiful country that life is going, education, health, business, public service etc. understood the competitive advantage you have for the country and your role of contribution while getting updated your culture memories.

If you have comments or suggestion to this service dedicated to our diaspora, we appreciate your contribution.

Somalia Diaspora

The Somali Diaspora makes a main contribution to the Somali economy and livelihoods through remittances, humanitarian assistance , human skill, participation in recovery and reconstruction efforts. Nevertheless, the scale of assistance from the Somali Diaspora and the manner in which their support is delivered on the ground is little understood by the international development community

Somalia Diaspora Population 

Over one million Somalis live in the Diaspora, concentrated in three main areas: the Horn of Africa, the Gulf State, Western Europe, and North America.

In Europe, the UK has the largest Somali community and attracts Somali migrants from

elsewhere in the same continent. The next largest are the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Italy. The US and Canada have big Somali communities concentrated in Minneapolis, Ohio, and Toronto. The Somali Diaspora is still on the move. Malaysia and Australia are new growth areas.

The Somali Diaspora is the major investor in the country and provided 70% of the start-up capital for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). For-profit activities contribute to economic recovery and improving livelihoods. Returnees establish businesses individually or as a group and pool resources or manage the business at the executive level. Investment is spread over various sub-sectors.

Waves of Migrations (1970-2019)

Since Somalia’s independence in 1960, there have been further waves of Somali migration to the outside world. The first was in the early 1970s, following a long drought season (Abaartii dabadheer) in most of the northern and central regions, which devastated the local economy. This wave of migration was prompted by a major loss of livestock in the 1973/4 drought and the lack of employment opportunities in the local economy to aid recovery. At the same time, there was a demand for labor in the Gulf, particularly Saudi Arabia, The lifting of certain travel restrictions by the Somali government helped to facilitate migration. The Somali labor force in the Gulf became an important source of hard currency.

The second wave of migration from Somalia has been much the largest and is slightly continuing. From the late 1980s and early 1990s, there has been a continuous exodus of refugees from Somalia to the neighboring countries. Many of these refugees and their relatives later ended up in Europe, North America and Australia. As they became more established there, they started to feed the Somali economy and support Somali livelihoods with hard currency through remittances.

Generation of Somalia Diaspora

The first is the generation of fathers and mothers who settled in the host countries as refugees, often having spent time in refugee camps in neighboring counties. The second category is the children of these families who either accompanied their parents or were born in the host country. The third category is the latest arrivals, the young generation, with or without skills and educational qualifications, who went to the west for economic reasons, through family reunion programs or any other means. Of these three groups, the first and the third are most strongly attached to Somalia.

International Flights

Since 2012 When Turkish airlines came to the country, then there have been many international flights that include; Turkish airlines, Ethiopia airlines, Qatar Airways, Air Djibouti, Kenya Airways, Air Uganda, etc. There are also many local flights that go to Somali cites on an everyday basis. Some towns receive two local flights per day