Djibouti Faces ‘Perfect Storm’ as Yemenis Flee Fighting in Mokha, UN Official Warns
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Djibouti faces ‘perfect storm’ as Yemenis flee fighting in Mokha, UN official warns
BEIRUT: Djibouti, a nation of about 1.2 million people at the southern end of the Red Sea, cannot on its own absorb the wave of Yemenis arriving there as they flee the conflict in their own country, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of migrants who already pass through its desert each year, the UN’s top official in the African country warned on Wednesday. Jose Barahona, the UN resident coordinator in Djibouti, said close to 4,000 refugees…
BEIRUTO – Djibouti, a country of about 1.2 million people located at the southern tip of Africa, is unable to absorb the further influx of refugees from Yemen, a UN official warned Wednesday. José Barajona, Djibouti's UN Resident Coordinator, said about 4,000 refugees crossed the Bab al-Mandeb Strait from Yemen in the past week. The majority arrived in Obock and its surrounding areas, a fishing village of about 20,000 people in the northern part…
In northern Djibouti, the arrival of nearly 4,000 people who have fled the confrontations in Yemen through the Red Sea puts a severe strain on the resources of a population already hit by drought and food insecurity. Faced with this situation, the UN calls on the international community to strengthen its support. Source of original [...]
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