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UN: over 250,000 Displaced by Yemen Conflict Since August
More than 250,000 people have fled since August as hospitals in Taiz run short of fuel, oxygen and medicines, UN agencies said.
- More than 250,000 people have fled their homes in Yemen since August, with the United Nations Refugee Agency reporting on October 17 that Taiz accounts for 76% of departures and hosts 52% of the newly displaced.
- Houthi fighters encircled Taiz and blocked essential supply routes, driving food prices up 50% since early September and trapping more than 600,000 people, according to the World Food Programme .
- World Health Organization spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic reported that 12 hospitals in Taiz hold only four days of fuel, with oxygen cylinders in 'daily deficit' and 115 of 127 essential medicines stocked for about one week or less.
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk described the Houthi siege as a 'war crime' intended to wear down the population, noting 32 civilians have been confirmed killed, including 14 children and nine women.
- Amid the domestic crisis, more than 4,000 refugees have fled to Djibouti and Somalia since August, where health workers at the Markazi camp are battling a cholera outbreak with 31 recorded cases and one death.
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·Madrid, Spain
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·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Warnings are mounting against the repercussions of the siege imposed by the Al-Houthi group on the city of Ta ' izz, while the United Nations has announced an increase in the number of displaced persons in Yemen since the beginning of the recent escalation to more than a quarter of a million people.
Due to the ongoing fighting in Yemen, another tens of thousands of people have been displaced, and the number of refugees has increased to 250,000.
·Germany
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