More than 300,000 displaced by renewed fighting in Yemen, UN agency says

Arab News and Anadolu reported the International Organization for Migration’s figures on 1 November. The fighting has forced families to flee again, often with little more than the clothes they are wearing, the agency’s Yemen mission chief, Abdusattor Esoev, said.

“They urgently need shelter, food, clean water and healthcare,” he said, according to Arab News.

UN figures had already shown widespread displacement before the latest report. On 23 October, the UN said the IOM had registered approximately 258,679 displaced people between 7 June and 19 October, most of them hosted in Taiz and Lahj governorates. The full dates of the latest count are unclear, so the figures cannot be used to calculate a precise increase.

Esoev told Reuters on 8 October that more than four million people had already been displaced across Yemen before the latest escalation.

In an interview with Reuters on 7 October, Mujahid al-Muslimi said he had fled Al-Turbah in Taiz province with his eight children and hired a bus to reach Aden. He said his children were upset at having to leave their studies and appealed for help with their education.

Aid agencies warned on 23 October that fighting had cut off Taiz city, leaving little food, fuel or other supplies able to reach it.