Description of the disaster
An escalation in fighting between opposition groups in Yemen began on 26 March 2015. As of 19 August 2015, 1,789,779 persons in Yemen have been affected (UNHCR). Of those, 1,439,118 persons have been internally displaced and 100,661 have left Yemen to seek refuge in Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Oman and Saudi Arabia (UNHCR). The situation in Yemen remains dire with 80% of the population requiring humanitarian aid (approximately 21 million people) and there is limited to no access to clean drinking water, health care, sanitation facilities, or fuel. With no open passage to bring goods into Yemen, market prices are increasing which intensifies difficulties for the Yemen population. Several negotiations for ceasefires have been issued since the start of the crisis but each has been broken within the first 24 hours. Wide ranges of nationalities have been affected by this crisis (American, Chinese, Djiboutian, Kenyan, Indian, Somalian, Tanzania and Yemen nationals). Djibouti continues to receive the most amount of persons as one of the few neighbouring countries which has opened its borders to those fleeing Yemen.