There are approximately 875,939 Somali refugees living in the Horn of Africa. A government of Puntland report for 2017 shows that 19% of migrants leaving Somalia via Mareero and Ceelaayo were Somalis with 65% of these originating from South Central Somalia. This route was also identified as being high risk with intensified brutality, torture and smuggling reported. The number of internally displaced persons living in Somalia is 1.56 million.