When Faroole was President, he deported these IDPs en masse back to their regions. Then Abdullahi Gaas the Lazy One became president. Slowly these same IDPs who had been deported started to return to Puntland. Gaas never acted and Deni doesn’t really care.
The problem with these IDPs now is that many of them are unemployed. In Garowe, there is an area where the men sit on street pavements all day and night, just staring at passersby. They have been voicing their complaints through various news outlets in Puntland that they want jobs. These people have fled from some of the most fertile regions in the entire Somaliweyn which remains severely underdeveloped. Rather than returning there safely now that Al Shabab is no longer a threat and contributing to the development of that region they prefer to live in a very arid place with tents and remain idle. In Bosaso the situation is similar with an area that has already become a large slum and is likely to pose a significant problem in the future. Some assassination attempts against Puntland officials and bombings have originated from the IDP camps in Puntland.
Garowe is starting to become a diaspora city with many educated Puntlanders from Western countries and the Middle East returning to their homeland to contribute to its development. These IDPs will introduce a new lower class and the gap between them and the returning diaspora will be substantial...
If the Puntland Government cannot even take care of the local native Puntlanders and yet continues to accept other IDPs, what is their end goal? If they are unable to take care of these IDPs then facilitating their safe return to their fertile regions would be preferable than allowing them to stay and contribute to the creation of crime infested cities.