500 Yemeni refugees arrive in Djibouti, economy minister Ilyas Dawaleh says
500 Yemeni refugees arrive in Djibouti, economy minister Ilyas Dawaleh says Nearly 500 refugees, including women and children, from Yemen have arrived in Djibouti’s coastal city of Obock, according to the country’s minister of economy and finance, Ilyas Dawaleh. Dawaleh wrote on X that the refugees were rescued at sea from boats stranded without fuel. At least 46,000 people have been displaced in…
Nearly 500 Yemeni refugees, comprising women and children, have arrived in Djibouti's coastal city of Obock, according to the country's Minister of Economy and Finance, Ilyas Dawaleh. Dawaleh disclosed that the refugees were rescued at sea from boats without fuel. As of now, a staggering 46,000 individuals have been displaced in Yemen following the escalation of conflict last week, reported the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Friday.
The Yemeni government's Executive Unit for the Management of Displaced Persons Camps stated that 1,367 families were displaced on September 8 alone across the provinces of Taiz, Al-Hudaydah, and Lahj. Consequently, the first humanitarian impacts of the war in Yemen have already reached Djibouti's shores. To date, 500 refugees, including women and children, have arrived in the coastal city of Obock, having been rescued from fuel-deprived boats at sea. The Djiboutian Navy and Coast Guard are currently involved in the situation.
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