SURGE IN HORN OF AFRICA ARRIVALS AS MORE THAN 12,000 FLEE YEMEN CRISIS

The crisis in Yemen has sent a wave of migrants and Third Country Nationals into the Horn of Africa who are fleeing mostly by
boat. So far more than 12,000 people have fled into Djibouti and Somalia.

There has been a noticeable exodus of Somali migrants and refugees coming back to Somalia in recent days.

IOM Program Officer in Bossaso, Puntland, Abdikadir Abdow says “most of the boats that bring people from Yemen are cargo vessels, the
majority of the children and the elderly arrive when they are severely dehydrated and sick. IOM is providing emergency medical assistance.