Highlights
- IOM evacuated a total of 484 Ethiopian migrants from Al Hudaydah port to Djibouti on 8 and 21 April. Since the beginning of the conflict, IOM has evacuated over 5,400 individuals from Yemen by air and sea.
- Since March 2015, more than 630,000 IDPs and conflict-affected persons in Yemen have benefitted from IOM’s WASH activities in nine governorates.
- Due to budget constraints, IOM has had to suspend its activities in the Migrant Response Center in Obock, Djibouti as of mid-April.
Situation Overview
Clashes continue despite the announced ceasefire. The main entrances leading to Taizz governorate remain blocked, preventing aid from entering the Taizz enclave in particular (Salah, Mudhaffar, and Al Qahira districts). Airstrikes continue in Aden, Hajjah, Sana’a and Taizz governorates, and fighting is reported in Hadhramaut, Al Jawf, Marib, Sana’a, Shabwah, and Taizz.
Instability and violence have continued across the country since conflict escalated in March 2015. As of 12 April 2016, over 6,400 conflict-related deaths and around 31,000 injuries have been registered. A ceasefire between government and Houthi forces came into effect on 10 April, in the run-up to peace talks. The ceasefire is still in effect despite clashes in Marib, Nihm (Sana’a), and Taizz.
The peace talks began on 21 April in Kuwait, but the government suspended participation on 1 May, in part due to ceasefire violations. The UN backed peace talks are to resume on 4 May.
An estimated 21.2 million people (82% of the total population) are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance: this includes 14.4 million people whom are unable to meet their basic food needs, of whom 7.6 million are severely food insecure; 19.4 million people lack clean water and sanitation, of whom 9.8 million lost access to water due to conflict; 14.1 million people are without adequate healthcare; and at least 2.7 million who have fled their homes within Yemen or to neighboring countries.