Regulatory Guidelines and Legislative Regulation for Private Employment Agencies (PEAs)
This report outlines a comprehensive framework established by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia, with support from the International Labour Organization, to manage the licensing, operation, and oversight of private recruitment agencies. Published in 2026, the regulation focuses on promoting safe, orderly, and regular labor migration while safeguarding the rights, dignity, and welfare of Somali jobseekers both domestically and overseas. The text highlights strict registration requirements, including a 51% Somali ownership mandate, a minimum capital requirement of USD 60,000, and a USD 25,000 financial guarantee deposited at the Central Bank of Somalia, alongside a firm prohibition on charging recruitment fees directly to workers. Additionally, the report details crucial agency obligations regarding ethical advertising, standardized written employment contracts, mandatory periodic data reporting, and adherence to rigorous compliance inspections and enforcement penalties designed to prevent worker exploitation and illegal recruitment practices.
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Somalia's national sensitization workshop on new policy framework
Posted at May 21st 2026 12:00 AM | Updated as of May 21st 2026 12:00 AM
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Somalia launches workshops to advance labour migration policy and regulate private employment agencies
Posted at February 4th 2026 12:00 AM | Updated as of February 4th 2026 12:00 AM
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Awareness Workshops on Migrant Workers’ Rights Launched in Somalia
Posted at December 4th 2025 12:00 AM | Updated as of December 4th 2025 12:00 AM
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Somalia takes major step towards strengthening fair recruitment and labour governance
Posted at August 14th 2025 12:00 AM | Updated as of August 14th 2025 12:00 AM
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Enhancing Labour Migration Governance: Somalia validates the Private Employment Agencies regulation
|16th October 2024 Time : 11:15am - 11:35am
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Comparative Reintegration Outcomes between Forced and Voluntary Return and Through a Gender Perspective
This report presents the outcomes of two combined research projects: 1) “Comparative reintegration outcomes in forced and voluntary returns”, and 2) “Understanding and implementing gender-sensitive sustainable reintegration”. The aims of these projects were to study differences in reintegration outcomes between forced and voluntary returnees, and male and female returnees in various return contexts and by identifying other factors that affect reintegration outcomes at the individual, community and structural level.
The projects were commissioned by IOM under the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub, funded by the European Union, and designed and implemented by a research team based at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG), Maastricht University.
Research for this report was conducted in six countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, El Salvador, the Gambia, Nigeria and Somalia), using a mix of methods. The methodology consisted of the analysis of quantitative data collected by IOM country missions and the research team using the RSS tool, and the analysis of qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews with returnees, family members of returnees and key informant interviews.
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