UNHCR warns against risky sea crossings in Yemen
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler on Yemen – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. ...
UNHCR delivers aid in Yemen, welcomes ceasefire
More than 125,000 displaced people in the embattled southern town of Taizz in Yemen have received emergency supplies as part of a new aid push, UNHCR said today. The UN Refugee Agency said the ...
As fighting in Yemen intensifies, more flee to Djibouti
OBOCK, Djibouti, Nov 11 (UNHCR)—Yemeni fisherman Seif Zeid Abdulah was riding home on his motorbike when an airstrike pounded his native Bab El Mandab region. A sudden, concussive blast sent the 27-year-old flying. His ...
UNHCR provides emergency relief to Yemen cyclone displaced
GENEVA, Nov 6 (UNHCR)—The UN refugee agency has provided emergency relief including tents, bedding and cooking utensils to more than 1,600 families displaced by Cyclone Chapala, which struck the Arabian Sea coast of Yemen ...
Refugees continue to reach Yemen by sea despite conflict
GENEVA, Oct 27 (UNHCR)—Almost 70,000 refugees, asylum-seekers, and migrants—primarily from Ethiopia and Somalia—have reached Yemen by sea so far this year, despite on-going conflict and a deepening humanitarian crisis there, the UN refugee agency ...
Iraqi national flees for second time as bombs rain on adopted home of Yemen
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Oct 22 (UNHCR)—When Husam and his wife Nemah decided to leave their home in Shar Khawlan Nuqum, Yemen last June, they did not hesitate for one moment. The country was a ...
Yemen receives over 10,000 new arrivals by sea since start of conflict in March
GENEVA, July 14 (UNHCR)—Thousands of people have been tricked into going to Yemen since the start of the current conflict in March, according to the latest figures made available by the UN refugee agency ...
UNHCR delivers relief to 56,000 people in Yemen in May and June
GENEVA, July 3 (UNHCR)—The UN refugee agency said on Friday (July 3) that it had managed to continue to deliver humanitarian aid to displaced people in Yemen in May and June despite severe restrictions ...