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A young boy displaced by the conflict in Yemen. He is one of two million displaced Yemenis. Photo: IOM 2017
UN Migration Agency: Military Attack on Yemen’s Al Hudaydah Port, City Will Endanger Lives and Humanitarian Response
Posted on Fri. May 12, 2017
Yemen - Two years of conflict has made Yemen the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world. An imminent attack on Al Hudaydah port and city will likely lead to further loss of life, displacement and suffering for the Yemeni people. The UN Migration Agency (IOM) and humanitarian partners in Yemen are increasingly worried about the level of assistance and protection needed in such an increasingly catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
The UN Humanitarian Country Team has called for financial support to help the estimated 18.8 million people in need, including conflict-affected Yemenis and migrants. More than half of them require immediate humanitarian assistance to save their lives, with women and girls being especially vulnerable. Up to nine million people are facing extreme food insecurity.
The country is on the brink of famine with more than eight million facing acute shortages of clean water and sanitation. With the collapse of the healthcare system and more than half of health facilities not functioning, 8.8 million people are in acute need of access to healthcare. During the recent High-Level Pledging Event on Yemen, governments pledged USD 1.1 billion to support the humanitarian response out of the over USD 2 billion requested for 2017.
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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 53,386 in 2017; Deaths: 1,309
Posted on Fri. May 12, 2017
Switzerland - IOM, the UN Migration Agency reports that 53,386 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 10 May, with nearly 85 percent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and Spain. This compares with last year’s 187,970 arrivals across the region through 10 May 2016.
IOM Rome said, through 10 May, nearly 8,000 migrants or refugees have arrived in Italy, or nearly 1,000 men, women and children per day, a pace considerably ahead of both May 2015 and 2016.
One remarkable development is the increasing presence of Bangladeshi and Moroccan migrants, who combined make up over 7,000 of some 30,000 arrivals to Italy from North Africa so far this year. Through 30 April last year less than 1,000 nationals from those two countries were recorded arriving by sea in Italy. Italian officials recorded only three Bangladeshis leaving Libya through the end of April last year.
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