Hundreds of thousands displaced in war-torn Yemen

 

TT-AFP

 

Published 16:30

 

A camp for internally displaced persons outside the coastal city of Aden, the stronghold of the internationally recognized government. Image from last weekend. Photo: Abdulnasser Alseddik/AP/TT

Renewed fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Iranian-backed Houthi movement has forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes within Yemen, according to the UN.

The vast majority have left the western part of the country—all within the last two months. They are in “urgent need of protection, food, clean water, and medical care,” the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports.

In September, the IOM stated that thousands more Yemenis had fled to the neighboring country of Djibouti. 

De uppblossade striderna mellan Saudiarabien och den Iranstödda Huthirörelsen har tvingat fler än 300 000 människor på flykt inom Jemen, enligt FN.

De allra flesta har lämnat västra delen av landet, och det under de senaste två månaderna. De har ”akut behov av skydd, mat, rent vatten och sjukvård”, skriver Internationella organisationen för migration (IOM).

I september uppgav IOM att ytterligare tusentals jemeniter har flytt till grannlandet Djibouti.