Migration & Human Rights

Migration and Human rights department is the core section which follows passports and visa issues as well as the civil and human protection:

  • Monitor issuance of visas and residency permits for Hirshabelle
  • Support issuance of other security documents
  • Registry of given out documents in cooperation with FGS and police service
  • Registering newcomers/returnees
  • Register Somali emigrants
  • Giving support to registered Somali emigrants if possible in collaboration with diaspora authority
  • Oversee and monitor legal migration activities in Hirshabelle in cooperation with FGS authorities
  • Receive reports on irregular migration / human trafficking for border police / FGS authorities
  • Facilitate and monitor the execution of agreements with foreign governments through FGS authorities
  • Oversee and monitor security aspects of civil protection programs and fire brigade tasks (Birmadka connected to Police Forces) in coordination with the Ministry of Interior;
  • Support security aspects of emergency management/ Hirshabelle plan
  • Collaborate with FGS authorities together with police service
  • Enhance human rights issues
  • Ensure gender mainstreaming in MoS policies, rules, regulations, laws, by-laws development and revision
  • Communicating with police offices to get information about violence committed against women (raping, forced marriage etc.) and orphans
  • Contributing to the campaigns of human trafficking and smuggling.
  • Coordinating, organizing, and cooperating with NGO to ensure children rights
  • Fighting Female Genital Mutilation through organizing FGM and violence against women awareness campaign