As of 31 December, 2016, a total of 92,603 individuals have arrived into the Horn of Africa from Yemen since the conflict began in March 2015.

UNHCR condemns the 16 March incident in which 42 people, including refugees, were killed when a boat carrying around 145 passengers - among them women and children - came under fire off Yemen’s west coast, near Al Hudaydah.

As of 16 May, UNHCR has received 24% of the USD 79.8 million requested for the Yemen situation. The funding gap stands at USD 60.7 million.

While the situation inside Yemen remains unpredictable, the rate of new arrivals from Yemen to the Horn of Africa has slowed significantly in 2016.

During the reporting period (25-31 August 2015), a total of three boats carrying 96 individuals arrived in Somalia from Yemen to Berbera.

UNHCR has set up 218 new refugee housing units in Markazi Camp, Djibouti to accommodate the new arrivals. 2,617 refugees are now sheltered in Markazi Camp.

More than 1200 boats arrived along the shores of Djibouti and Somalia since the beginning of the conflict in Yemen.

UNHCR & IOM will partner to secure multi-government buy-in to operationalize the joint Proposal for Strategic Action related to the Gulf of Aden & the Red Sea.

UNHCR & IOM will partner to secure multi-government buy-in to operationalize the joint Proposal for Strategic Action related to the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea

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.