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Multi-Cluster Needs Assessment of IDPs, Returnees and Host Communities in Yemen, Taskforce on Population Movement, TFPM, February 2017.
IOM/UNHCR: Yemen’s Brutal Conflict Pushing One Million Displaced to Return to Danger
Posted on Tue. Feb. 21, 2017
Yemen - Unabated conflict and rapidly deteriorating conditions across Yemen are pushing millions of displaced Yemenis further into danger and adversity, IOM, the UN Migration Agency and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today, following the release of the latest data on the country’s displacement crisis.
Since the beginning of the conflict in March 2015, more than 11 percent of Yemen’s population, some 3 million people, have been forced to flee their homes for safety. Almost two years later, however, prolonged hostilities and worsening conditions are now forcing 1 million of those uprooted to return to the homes from which they fled, despite danger and insecurity across the country.
Two reports issued by the Task Force on Population Movement (TFPM), a technical working group co-led by IOM and UNHCR, show that there are currently 2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) across Yemen and 1 million IDP returnees; and that as conditions across the country further deteriorate, many more IDPs are contemplating a return home, where challenging security and socio-economic conditions persist.
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Water tanks donated by IOM to Al-Thawra General Modern Hospital. Photo: IOM.
IOM Supports Key Health Facility in Sana’a, Yemen
Posted on Tue. Feb. 21, 2017
Yemen - IOM has donated two water tanks with a total capacity of 60,000 litres to Al-Thawra General Modern Hospital in Sana’a, Yemen.
Al-Thawra General Modern Hospital is the biggest public hospital in Yemen, providing services to the whole community, including migrants and refugees, who receive the same care and pay the same minimum charges as local people.
The hospital is suffering from a desperate lack of resources, while facing a large influx of patients due to the ongoing conflict. Prolonged air, sea and land blockades are contributing to an acute shortage of medicines, medical supplies and equipment. Water, sanitation and health personnel are also in short supply.
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- Business Day reported that more Nigerians are expected to voluntarily return home from Libya today. Last week 161 opted for voluntary repatriation with IOM.
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Trending on the Internet
- AP reported that famine has been declared in two counties of South Sudan, according to an announcement by the South Sudan government and UN agencies.
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