Action memorandum for the Acting Administrator for Africa : refugee local integration in Somalia (698-0538)

Somalia has agreed to integrate and grant citizenship to those refugees who freely expressed their desire to remain in Somalia. UNHCR will provide a one-time lump sum package of cash and food benefits to the refugees. The goals are to promote stability in the region by resolving a long-term refugee problem and to reduce the resource requirements needed from the international community. Under this project, USAID will transfer $2 million to the State Department/Bureau for Refugee Programs which will then transfer the funds to the UNCHR.