Highlights
As of 28 October, IOM has assisted 2,060 migrants with air evacuation, including 90 resettlement cases to Sweden (68) and France (22).
To date, over 21,000 individuals in Abyan, Aden, Al Dhale’e, and Ibb governorates have received shelter assistance.
Since the beginning of the crisis, IOM has provided 12,140 individuals with onward transportation assistance from Djibouti and Somalia to their areas of origin.
Situation Overview
In Taiz city, there are reports of shelling of civilian areas during the reporting period. Houthi forces have established checkpoints around the city, which has led to a de facto blockade (source: OHCHR, 23 October 2015). On 24 October, the Yemen Humanitarian Coordinator released a statement on the dire humanitarian situation in Taiz city highlighting that its population is in critical need of food, water, medical aid and other life-saving services.
IOM is active in a number of clusters in Yemen including shelter, WASH, protection, health, and the multisector response for migrants and refugees, which it co-coordinates with UNHCR and other humanitarian partners. At present, the Humanitarian Country Team in Yemen is compiling the Humanitarian Needs Overview and Humanitarian Response Plan, which will provide the strategic framework for humanitarian interventions in the country for the coming year. IOM has been working to ensure that vulnerable migrant and IDP populations are adequately represented in these plans. Figures for displacement included in the Humanitarian Needs Overview were drawn from the 5th report of the Task Force for Population Movement (TFPM), which was established on 20 April 2015 by the Protection Cluster and is co-led by UNHCR and IOM. IOM covers 11 governorates of Yemen for the TFPM.