Highlights
Following a six-month suspension, IOM resumed sea evacuations of migrants stranded in Al Hudaydah, evacuating 494 Ethiopians on 15 and 23 March.
As of 23 March, almost 200,000 IDPs and conflict-affected populations in nine governorates in Yemen have been provided with emergency and primary health care assistance.
Since the beginning of the crisis, over 34,400 people have arrived in Djibouti fleeing the conflict in Yemen. To date, over 5,000 migrants have been provided with emergency shelter, food, NFIs, medical care and onward transportation assistance through IOM.
Situation Overview
26 March 2016 will mark one year since the conflict escalated in Yemen, leading to the complete deterioration of the political, social, security and humanitarian situation. Hostilities, airstrikes, shelling and ground fighting continue in several cities. As a result humanitarian agencies continue to experience restricted access to affected populations particularly in Aden, Hajjah, Al Jawf, Sa'ada and Taizz governorates.
On 23 March, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen, announced that parties to the conflict have agreed to cease hostilities by 10 April and hold a round of peace talks on 18 April in Kuwait.