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    How many people sought asylum from Somalia?

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    Somalia: asylum-seekers in Somalia: year-by-year observations

    Source observations by reference year for Somalia: asylum-seekers in Somalia
    YearFigureSource and reference dateDataset
    202525,702 peopleas of 2025-12-31 ยท UNHCRUNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database, end-2025 figures

    Asylum-seekers with pending claims in Somalia (country of asylum).

    Years follow each sourceโ€™s reference date, not the retrieval date. Each observation is shown separately, including conflicting sources and multiple reporting periods in the same year. Missing years are not estimated. Compare figures only when geographic coverage, population definitions and reporting methods match.

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