Reports noted that an agreement has been made between the government of Maldives and Puntland government of Somalia, to repatriate forty Somalis who drifted to Maldives and have been kept under Police supervision. The agreement was made at a meeting held between a delegation of the UN Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC), a Director General of Puntland government, Maldivian Foreign Minister, officials of MNDF and officials of Maldives Police Service. 1

• 1. “Agreement made to repatriate Somalis within two months”, The Sun Online, October 4, 2012 at http://sun.mv/english/6263.