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New transcontinental research, including work from scholars at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, looks at how the current diaspora will affect the future of Somalia. 

Researchers are meeting in Minneapolis this week before they head to Washington, D.C., to present their findings.  

There are currently up to 1.5 million Somali refugees worldwide, and an estimated 30,000 of them live in Minnesota. When they fled their war-torn homeland, many hoped and expected to return when things improved — a dream that has become reality for some in the past few months. 

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 on international migrants. In the middle of 2013, the U.N. calculated that 1,921,197 native Somalis were living outside their country. (Trouble seeing the map? See 

Countries with the largest Somali migrant populations, according to the United Nations (2013)


Laura Hammond, a senior lecturer in development studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, 

Researchers join The Daily Circuit to discuss the changing face of Somalia.

There are currently up to 1.5 million Somali refugees worldwide, and an estimated 30,000 of them live in Minnesota.

How diaspora is changing the face of Somalia

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