Somalia: Current information on the Geri, on where they live, clan affiliations, and on current country conditions where they live
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SOM23304.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Somalia: Current information on the Geri, on where they live, clan affiliations, and on current country conditions where they live, 1 April 1996, SOM23304.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab4178.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Limited information on the Geri could be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
For information on the Geri clan lineage, please consult page 72 of "Somalia: Background Brief" and page 159 of "Généalogie du Peuple Somalie," both of which are contained in Information Session on Country Conditions on Somalia, which is available at Regional Documentation Centres.
I. M. Lewis' map of the geographic distribution of Somali clans corroborates the information provided by the map in "Généalogie du Peuple Somalie," which shows the Geri Jarso and the Geri Babile Somali clans occupying territory between Harer and Jijiga in Ethiopia, near the border with north-west Somalia (west of Hargeisa) (1995, i). Both sources also locate the Bah Geri subclan in Ethiopian border territory near the Shabelle River (ibid.; Généalogie nd).
For information on country conditions in the Somali region of Ethiopia (Region 5), where these subclans are located, please consult the United Nations Emergencies Unit mission report on pages 199-202 of Information Session on Country Conditions on Somalia, which is available at Regional Documentation Centres. The same document provides additional information on the Bah Geri on pages 210-217.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Ioan M. Lewis et al. August 1995. A Study of Decentralised Political Structures for Somalia: A Menu of Options. London School of Economics and Political Science.
"Généalogie du Peuple Somali." n.d. (Compiled in Information Session on Country Conditions on Somalia. Toronto. 15 February 1996, p. 159)