Highlights
To date, over 580,000 IDPs and conflict-affected persons have benefitted from IOM’s WASH activities in nine governorates in Yemen. On average, 15 liters of water per day are available per person from IOM's activities.
As of 6 January, over 63,00 IDPs and conflict-affected persons in Yemen, and over 9,500 migrants have benefitted from IOM’s health assistance in eight governorates.
To commemorate International Migrants Day, on 18 December, IOM in Djibouti sensitized 70 youth from the host communities on the issues related to migrant smuggling and human trafficking and mobilized them for cleaning a beach of the empty bottles and jerry cans that migrants had left behind prior embarking in skiffs to cross the Gulf of Aden to reach Yemen.
Since the beginning of the crisis, 30,356 individuals fleeing the conflict in Yemen have arrived in Somalia. To date, IOM has provided 8,791 people with onward transportation assistance from Bosaso (Puntland) and Berbera (Somaliland) to their areas of origin.
Situation Overview
Attacks have continued into the New Year with airstrikes occurring in Sana’a and Hajjah governorates following the announcement of the end of the ceasefire on 2 January.
On 21 December 2015, Yemen's warring sides concluded peace talks in Switzerland with no major breakthrough but vowed to meet again next month, even as fighting raged on the ground. UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed announced in Bern that a new round of talks would be held on 14 January.
In Al Mukalla, there has been a report on dengue fever spreading throughout the city as a result of the exposure to large amounts of sewage on the streets due to the tropical cyclone that hit the city in early November of last year. As a result of the cyclone, flash floods occurred that ruined roads, houses and sewer systems. The provincial office of the Minister of Health in Al Mukalla has monitored 1,040 suspected cases of dengue fever and 280 confirmed cases since mid-November 2015.
The 6th report from the Task Force on Population Movement (TFPM) was released on 10 December. The report shows a total number of 2,509,068 persons displaced due to the current conflict in Yemen, as compared to 2,305,048 persons in the previous report. This represents an increase of 204,014 displaced people.