Yemen
Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan
Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan

name1 name2
35,200 Individuals
Arrivals from Yemen by Country
Base Layer

Population

Cette carte n'induit pas de reconnaissance officielle de la part des Nations Unies

Total Arrivals from Yemen in the Region

171,442


Date de mise à  jour 08 Feb 2016


Source - UNHCR

  Arrivals from Yemen by Country


Country
Population of Concern

 

51,000

Individus



 

39,880

Individus



 

32,199

Individus



 

30,847

Individus



 

11,455

Individus



 

6,061

Individus


*
The arrival figures into Oman have recently increased after receiving additional information from Oman. The figures on arrivals to Oman and KSA are currently being verified by UNHCR.

   Documents

  Arrivals from Yemen by Country of Origin


  Population Breakdown by Receiving Country


  En bref

Both UNHCR and IOM co-leads of the RRMRP undertook a joint mission to Riyadh on 15 December, to meet with the Managing Director of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center. KSC reaffirmed their interest in funding the Somalia proposal targeting the return, reception and integration of 20,000 Somalis from Yemen, at the request of the FGoS through its ambassador in Riyadh.
21 Dec 2015
UN, IOM and NGO regional agencies, along with the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, met together in Nairobi on 9 December to review lessons learnt from the regional approach in 2015, share updates on the Gulf of Aden strategy and discuss ongoing scenario planning.
14 Dec 2015
UNHCR, IOM and partners jointly launched the 2016 Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan in Nairobi on 9 December. A total of USD 94.1 million is required for an anticipated 163,980 beneficiaries (refugees, migrants and returnees fleeing from Yemen to Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan, and host communities) by December 2016.
10 Dec 2015
Ambassador William L. Swing, IOM Director General, and his delegation visited the Saudi capital Riyadh on 15 Nov and had meetings with Prince Turki Bin Mohammed at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and also met with Dr. Abdullah Al-Rubaeeah, Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSC). The visit focused on the growing cooperation between the KSA and IOM, and support for IOM’s humanitarian work in Yemen and within the region.
20 Nov 2015

  Stories

Asylum through the eyes of Fatuma, aged two
UNHCR, 01 Dec 2015
Two-and-a-half-year-old Fatuma lives with parents, two brothers, grandmother and auntie in a bare one-bedroom apartment in Djibouti city. They left Yemen in March to escape the war, landing in Obock and later moving to Djibouti city so that Fatuma’s brother Abdulaziz, who is gravely ill, could be ...
En lire plus
Yemeni refugees seek shelter in Djibouti (Photo Essay)
Oualid Khelifi, Al Jazeera, 14 Nov 2015
Markazi refugee camp, Djibouti - As fighting intensifies in Yemen, over 120,000 people have fled since April. Around 30,000 of those have sought safety across the Gulf of Aden in Djibouti. Since late September, the population of Markazi camp near the Djiboutian coastal town of Obock has quadruple...
En lire plus
The fate of Yemenis in Djibouti city
UNHCR, 01 Nov 2015
In Djibouti city, Yemenis who have fled the war in their country live in limbo. Should they remain in Djibouti, uncertain of the future, searching for ever-elusive jobs? Seek to resettle in another country? Or return to Yemen? UNHCR spoke to a group of them. According to the International Organiz...
En lire plus
Djibouti: Adjusting to life in Markazi refugee camp
UNHCR, 30 Oct 2015
Two young Yemeni women who have developed a close friendship in Markazi camp recount how the conflict has turned their lives upside down. From university students with promising futures to camp dwellers, Khadija and Hannah (names changed to preserve privacy) try to rebuild their lives. Khadija w...
En lire plus
The suspended lives of Yemeni refugee children in Djibouti
UNHCR, 27 Oct 2015
As at 27 October 2015, statistics from the International Organization for Migration and the Djiboutian government put the number of people of mixed nationalities who have arrived in Djibouti from Yemen since 26 March at 29,487. These include 15,761 Yemeni nationals, as well 11,822 transiting third c...
En lire plus
Les opinions exprimées ici sont uniquement celles des auteurs et ne représentent pas nécessairement les opinions officielles du HCR