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What caused the refugee crisis

The refugee crisis in Somalia was a direct result of civil outbreaks and wars between rivaling warlords, these wars have lead to the deaths of more than 1 million people. Somalia has not had a president since 1991 when Siad Barre was overthrown. Barre was a supporter of socialism and in 1977, backed and armed by soviets, Somalia tried to gain territory and fought with Ethiopia. The warlords who overthrew Barre opossed this, but when they took over, they were unable to create rule, and Somalia fell into chaos and lawlessness. Without proper stability, Somalians are also suffering from famine and disease, life is very difficult. In 2000 leaders of Somalian clans tried to create a transitional government to get rid of the warlords at battle. However, this did not work untill 2004 when a small parliament was finally formed. But later in 2006 Islamists overthrew the warlords in the south and kicked them out. Now there are many clans and malitias with varieties of feelings toward the crisis, and many people have became refugees.

Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1072592.stm
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