According to new report from community organisations in värmland county,85% of new asylum seekers are from Djibouti and Somaliland
A local Somali source who refused to be named citing security concerns said that, a new wave of Djibouti started to flock to Sweden starting from 2007, this year its estimated that more than 7000 Djiboutians sought asylum in Sweden by falsely claiming that they're from southern parts of Somalia, particularly lower and middle shabelle regions.
This has led to major problems in the refugee accommodation centers due to the sharp differences in cultures and traditions between Somalis and Djibouti.
Early this year,a Somali teenager from Mogadishu was fatally stabbed in värmland by a man from Djibouti after the teenager insisted that ,the Djiboutian shouldn't drink and smoke cannabis outside their shared apartment at refugee accommodation Centre, other violent incidents occurred as result of such misunderstanding and sharp cultural and language differences between the two groups.
According to Eric L, a Swedish social worker in värmland,scores of French speaking Somalis have been noticed in the county which caused major confusion and surprise, since speaking French is uncommon among Somalis from Somalia. He argued that personally he has been working with Somalis in Sweden for the past fifteen years and never came across such numbers of French speaking Somalis.
Jans T, who works with Lernia AB , a Swedish agency who works with immigrants cited the same concerns and added that such unexpected trends forced them to provide French materials such as Dictionaries and in some cases French speaking interpreters and assistants.
A Djiboutian who refused to be named in fear of reprisals from his fellow country men, said that he left Djibouti on May this year, and came to Sweden via France. There is no work in Djibouti, corruption is rampant, and its hard to put food on the table there, Life in Sweden is very easy and getting papers is more easier, you don't even have to work to put food on the table, i advised all my friends and relatives to come here, most of them are on the way, five already arrived and sought asylum, two already managed to get Permanent residence permit (PUT).
I asked him about the procedure he followed, he was instantly irritated and managed to share some general information, he said that when he arrived in Sweden he sought asylum in Kållared immigration board centre just few kilometers out side the Swedish second largest city Gothenburg.
I claimed to be from Somalia. I was asked some basic questions, my name and date of birth and other relevant questions, after the initial registration they gave me an appointment for a comprehensive interview in couple of weeks, and transferred me to a refugee accommodation Centre,Life is easy here, Beer and Alcohol which is my favorite are cheap, Qat is available if you know where to look for, i can survive with out much work, in Djibouti i used to work 18 hours every day for less than 150 dollars a month, i like Sweden, its like paradise to me. Said the Djiboutian man.
Djibouti is the only French speaking country in horn African region, it boarders Ethiopia and somaliland,with high rate of unemployment and its led by corrupt dictator who is arguably one of the richest African leaders.
Somali leaders in Sweden argued that the Swedish government should re-register these asylum seekers as Djibouti not Somalis to abolish any misunderstanding that might occur or develop in the future.
