Yemen Fighting Displaces 85,818 People as 2,000 Reach Djibouti Near Obock: 12 outlets compared

IOM said arrivals were transported to the Markazi site in Obock for water, high-energy biscuits and hot meals, and it warned more people were expected to flee as fighting intensifies.I

Al Jazeera

UNHCR said rapidly escalating hostilities along Yemen’s western coast had displaced more than 100,000 people inside Yemen and forced thousands more to seek safety across the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in Djibouti.

UNHCR Representative in Djibouti Sandrine Desamours said, “People are arriving after a difficult sea journey, many exhausted, distressed and carrying what little they could take with them,” while IOM Director General Amy Pope said, “Behind every number is a family who’s lost everything.”I

The Associated Press reported that a fuel shortage in Yemen was hampering the movement of people fleeing the country’s escalating fighting and seeking safety across the Red Sea in Djibouti.

AP said more than 2,000 Yemenis were currently in Djibouti, where the country’s government and the International Organization for Migration were providing food and shelter.

Al-Monitor

Al Jazeera said more than 3,400 people fleeing renewed fighting in Yemen landed along Djibouti’s northern coast in 48 hours, with the figure reported by Djibouti’s state news agency.A

Al Jazeera also quoted Alexandre Coissac, who heads the IOM in Djibouti, saying, “People have arrived on “all kinds of sea vessels, from small dhows to larger ships”,” and it reported UNICEF said children making the crossing were exposed to extreme heat, dehydration and a lack of safe drinking water.

UNHCR said damage to Al Makha port had further constrained humanitarian movement and logistics, while it warned the escalation raised broader concerns over the impact on global humanitarian logistics through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Al Jazeera reported Djibouti’s coastguard, navy, army and health services were deployed to rescue people stranded at sea and receive them ashore at sites including Obock and Khor Angar, and it said Djiboutian authorities were preparing to receive as many as 10,000 people if the pace continued.A

UNHCR said Markazi only has room for around 5,000 more refugees while it was preparing for more than 10,000 arrivals, and it warned that an overwhelming number of arrivals were children and adolescents needing integration into existing, crowded schools.