[1][2][3] Many Somalis and Yemenis can trace back their ancestry to a unspecified homeland somewhere in modern day iraq.

[9] Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, the World Health Organization reported that migrant groups faced stigmatization as "transmitters of disease" after a Somali refugee was identified as the first case in the country.

[10] Following the outbreak of the Yemeni civil war, some refugees from Yemen have moved to Somalia.

In 2022, Anadolu Agency reported that many Yemeni refugees have felt welcomed by Somali society.

[11] As of late December 2021 there are 8,341 registered Yemeni refugees and asylum seekers in Somalia[11]