Highlights
In July, IOM evacuated a total of 600 Ethiopian migrants from Al Hudaydah port to Djibouti. Since the beginning of the conflict, IOM has evacuated over 6,000 individuals from Yemen by air and sea.
To date, 79,960 people have arrived in Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan from Yemen. Of this, 27,142 individuals have received post-arrival assistance from IOM.
Since the beginning of the crisis, over 21,000 individuals have benefitted from health and psychosocial support activities provided at IOM’s Child-Friendly Spaces in Aden and Sana’a.
Situation Overview
In July, heavy ground clashes, airstrikes and missile strikes increased, around Al Jawf, Hajjah, Taizz, Marib and Nihm district of Sana’a. As of the end of July, the situation in and around Taizz remained fluid. Due to difficulties in reaching the area, humanitarian needs cannot be verified although reports indicate that the population is in dire need of basic services and commodities (source: OCHA, 31 July 2016). On 26 July, the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) called on all parties to agree to a humanitarian pause in Taizz governorate in order to protect civilians, facilitate the treatment and evacuation of those wounded, and the delivery of urgently needed medicines and life-saving assistance.
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen suspended the peace talks for one month on 6 August. The deferring of the talks came after Houthi fighters and the party of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former president, rejected a UN peace plan and announced the appointment of a 10-member governing body.