Regional Migrant Response Plan (MRP) for the Horn of Africa to Yemen and Southern Africa

The MRP is a comprehensive, route-based, inter-agency framework, coordinated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and responds to the persistent humanitarian and protection needs of migrants affected by drivers of migration including natural hazard-induced disasters, protracted conflict and socioeconomic drivers. The MRP also considers longer-term development interventions to build resilience at the individual and community levels and institutional capacities. The Eastern Route, runs from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, and has long been the busiest migratory corridor in the East and Horn of Africa region. Migrants, particularly from Somalia and Ethiopia, move along this route in an irregular manner toward the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States through Djibouti and Yemen. In 2024, the MRP formally included the Southern Route. Migrants traveling along the Southern Route also overwhelmingly originate from Somalia and Ethiopia transiting through Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania, and other Southern African countries in order to reach South Africa. 

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