Guidance

Somalia: country policy and information notes

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published
9 December 2016
Last updated
2528 MarchJuly 2025 — See all updates

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Country policy and information note: womenhumanitarian fearingsituation gender-basedin violence,Mogadishu, Somalia, July 20242025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: womenhumanitarian fearingsituation gender-basedin violence,Mogadishu, Somalia, July 20242025

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Country policy and information note: securityMogadishu: andAl humanitarianShabab situationand inthe Mogadishu,security situation, Somalia, MayJuly 20222025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: securityMogadishu: andAl humanitarianShabab situationand inthe Mogadishu,security situation, Somalia, MayJuly 20222025

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Country policy and information note: women fearing gender-based violence, Somalia, July 2024 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: women fearing gender-based violence, Somalia, July 2024

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Country policy and information notes (previously known as country information and guidance reports) are used by UK Visas and Immigration officials to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

The notes also give information on asylum seekers’ countries of origin.

Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 2528 MarchJuly 2025 + show all updates

  2. Added the country policy and information note on Mogadishu: Al Shabab and the security situation.

  3. The country policy and information note on the security and humanitarian situation in Mogadishu (May 2022) has been removed. Currently there are no plans to maintain or update this guidance.

  4. Removed the Country background note: Somalia, December 2020 as it is out of date.

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