Executive Summary
Background
Ethiopia is home to over 1 million refugees, making it the second-largest refugee-hosting country in Africa after Uganda. The Kebribeyah refugee camp in the Somali Regional State accommodates over 21,175 individuals, with a limited focus on sustainable solutions despite the growing needs. Key drivers of displacement include conflict, human rights violations, and environmental stress across the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia’s progressive legal and policy frameworks, such as the Refugee Proclamation No. 1110/2019, the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), and the Out-of-Camp Policy, aim to promote the socio-economic inclusion of refugees. These efforts are part of the broader Makatet Roadmap, Ethiopia’s upcoming national strategy for transforming displacement-affected areas into inclusive and sustainable communities, in line with the country’s pledges at recent high-level international forums. As part of this commitment, and in preparation for the planned transition of selected camps into urban settlements by 2027, a workshop held in Jigjiga highlighted the need for updated data to inform the Kebribeyah Inclusion Roadmap. In response, this assessment was launched to evaluate socioeconomic conditions, access to services, and infrastructure gaps affecting both refugee and host populations.
OBJECTIVE
The study was designed around three key work packages:
Work Package 1: Socio-Economic Profiling aimed to assess living conditions, employment, education, skills, and resilience levels of both communities to guide inclusive development planning.
Work Package 2: Basic Services Assessment evaluates gaps and needs in health, education, WASH, shelter, legal protection, and food security services, while proposing scalable improvement strategies.
Work Package 3: Facility Assessment and Roads’ Relocation Impact assessed infrastructure adequacy, relocation challenges, and inclusiveness, feeding into a revised urban plan for Kebribeya
Source: reliefweb
