HOY El escenario humanitario es devastador EN SOMALIA. HA TENIDO Cuatro temporadas de lluvias fallidas; lo cual ha provocado en el norte del país una crisis que no mejora. Alrededor de 3.5 millones de personas están ya en niveles alto de inseguridad alimentaria, de las que más de 600.000 se encuentran en situación de emergencia, según los datos ofrecidos por Naciones Unidas. Se proyecta que dos millones de niños sufrirán de desnutrición aguda a lo largo de 2026; y millones de cabezas de ganado han muerto en un país donde sus mayores exportaciones se deben a la carne de vacuno.
RESPECTO A LA TRAYECTORIA DE PROBLEMAS Y CRISIS QUE HAN PERSEGUIDO A SOMALIA; HABLEMOS DE LAS SEQUIAS Y ALGUNAS CONSECUENCIAS:
Si la última crisis humanitaria provocada por las sequías en Somalia data de 2011, los expertos temen que la que está en desarrollo ahora mismo sea equiparable al desastre de 1982. Todo esto, en un contexto donde el mayor proveedor de ayuda humanitaria a Somalia, Estados Unidos, suspendió sus programas con USAID, aunque recientemente ha retomado los envíos de ayuda, en menor medida, para paliar en alguna medida la crisis descrita.
PERSONAS SE HAN EXPRESADO SOBRE LA INMIGRACIÓN SOMALÍ EN US_ESPECIFICAMENTE , MINNESOTA-MINNEAPOLIS>><> CITO LO SIGUIENTE:
"Those people who were hired, they brought their families. And when they brought their families with them, their families of course brought their children with them," he said.
The Somali refugees who settled in Minneapolis and St. Paul were also attracted by the fact that Minnesota was known for martisoor, which translates to "hospitality" in Somali. Yusuf said the state's "liberal attitude and social behavior" mirrored the immigrants' own values.
For some Somali refugees, the transition to living in Minnesota hasn't been entirely smooth. Some religious Somalis have faced barriers in practicing their Islamic faith, which can involve praying multiple times per day and the wearing of a hijab for Muslim women, according to the Minnesota Historical Society.
The society said the Somali population has also struggled to overcome its association with Islamic extremism, after the community became a recruiting target for ISIS over a decade ago.
Still, Yusuf said the Somali population has continued to grow in Minnesota and find ways to give back. "Right now, wherever you go, still we're serving the people, we are serving the community, we are serving the state," he said.
Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, who fled Somalia as a child and came to the U.S. as a refugee, in 2018 became the first Somali American elected to Congress."
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