Although hundreds of thousands of Africans are still choosing to migrate along the so-called "Eastern Route" between the Horn of Africa and the Gulf States via Yemen, a growing number are giving up on their dream and going back home. A new report by IOM Nairobi found that many migrants who set off were largely unaware of the migration risks prior to departure.
The IOM said on Sunday that there are at least "8 migrants dead and 12 are missing at sea" after being forced off a boat by smugglers off the coast of Djibouti. The migrants were traveling from Yemen, the UN organization added.
An estimated 300,000 people in Yemen have lost their homes, crops, livestock and personal belongings over the last three months due to torrential rains and severe flash floods, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. Among them are many displaced people.
Sexual violence is rampant in most armed conflicts and has a direct impact on mass population displacement, rise of extremism and structural gender-based inequality and discrimination, states a UN report released on July 22. We talked to Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (United Nations) on Sexual Violence in Conflict about the findings.
In the past two years, more migrants have traveled by boat to Yemen from the Horn of Africa than crossed the Mediterranean. Thousands of them are now trapped and facing multiple risks from the ongoing civil war, the threat of COVID-19, and abuse by human traffickers.
Tens of thousands of migrants are stuck in worn-torn Yemen amid the coronavirus pandemic. The UN migration agency IOM is worried that they face not only arbitrary detention and abuse, but are also extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Save the Children is sounding a new alarm over the situation for children in Yemen, where healthcare services were already in crisis due to the conflict and have been further hit by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The conditions for migrants and refugees in Yemen are getting worse amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Not only are refugees and migrants more vulnerable to contracting the dangerous disease, but they are also increasingly facing stigmatization and prejudice.
Yemen has suffered years of civil war, poverty and cholera — and now COVID-19 is also rampant. Aid groups say the country is on the brink of collapse, but an international donor conference hopes to raise billions in aid.
Many Ethiopian immigrants who try to reach Saudi Arabia are not aware of the risks of the journey, a study by the UN migration agency IOM shows.
The UN Refugee Agency has called for emergency funding to implement life-saving assistance programs for nearly one million vulnerable displaced persons and refugees in Yemen who risk losing their shelter and vital cash assistance for essentials like food and medicine.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is opening the first health center in Yemen's largest displacement camp. The organization said in a statement published on March 10 that the center opened on March 8 in the Al Jufainah camp and is expected to treat about 100 patients a day.