How Liverpool helped those fleeing genocide more than 6,500 miles away

[Deeq A.]

You would be forgiven for not being aware of Liverpool’s impact on the Horn of Africa, some 6,500 miles away from here. Yet for some, particularly those fleeing horrific scenes during the genocide in the 1980s, it has become home.

Since the Second World War, a settled Somali community has been recognised in Granby. In the 1980s, as civil war broke out, Liverpool Law Centre was inundated with requests for help as many fled to safety. Now, as a campaign progresses to re-recognise Somaliland as a sovereign state, Liverpool Council has added its voice to the efforts, much to the joy of its own Somali community.

In May 2001, years after Somaliland had secured independence from Britain, a referendum was held on the affirming of its status as a sovereign state but was never ratified formally. Ever since, a campaign has worked tirelessly to secure it.

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