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12/11/2018

Millions Forced to Flee in Yemen

The United Nations calls Yemen “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” as multiple factions in the country fight over political power and territory. Civilians bear the brunt of the violence: bombing, cross-fire, kidnapping, rape and indiscriminate attacks are a regular occurrence. One of the poorest countries in the Middle East, Yemen is on the brink of widespread famine.

12/14/2018

Yemen on the Brink of Famine

More than 15 million people, or 53 percent of Yemen’s population, are on the brink of starvation as access to food diminishes every day across the country. Nearly 400,00 children suffer from severe malnutrition. Severely malnourished children are 11 times more likely to die than a healthy child if they don’t receive timely treatment.

04/11/2017

Refugees at risk of starvation in Africa and Yemen

Risk of death to people in the Horn of Africa, Yemen and Nigeria is growing because of drought, escalating violence and funding shortfalls.

12/20/2016

What is happening in Yemen: Update from UNHCR Representative

UNHCR’s country representative, Ayman Gharaibeh, warns war is tearing the fabric of Yemen apart and creating a humanitarian catastrophe.

04/09/2015

Bracing for refugees fleeing Yemen by boat to Africa

UNHCR is preparing to receive as many as 130,000 refugees who could flee by boat to Africa to escape the conflict in Yemen.

07/06/2020

Support for children in Yemen goes a long way

Meet four children in Yemen who have faced devastating circumstances but are now safe and hopeful thanks to the support of our donors.

02/24/2021

Women in Yemen

Four stories of women’s strength and heroism from the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

01/25/2018

Continued violence in Yemen threatens a generation of children

For 11-year-old Fatemah and her family, Dharawan settlement has been home since March 2015. They fled Yemen's capital city Sana’a when war and conflict began tearing the family’s neighborhood apart.

03/10/2020

Yemen Crisis Explained

Six years of conflict have driven more than 4 million people from their homes and more than 20 million Yemenis are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

04/11/2019

How UNHCR is helping five children in Yemen build better futures

Five children, living in Yemen, are starting to see a brighter future thanks to support on the ground.

10/28/2019

Yemen

Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. More than 4 million people have been uprooted from their homes and 20 million are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

03/29/2019

This is the shocking scale of human suffering I’ve seen in Yemen

UNHCR’s Bathoul Ahmed describes some of the horrors she has witnessed while working in war-torn Yemen.

03/19/2019

Yemen: Glimmers of Hope, Miles to Go

In total, 1.2 million internally displaced people were received core relief items or cash assistance in 2018. But with 24 million people in need, we must strive to do more in 2019. Thanks to our donors, UNHCR has been providing protection assistance and services to the most vulnerable, but that population is growing at an alarming rate.

04/16/2021

Civilians at risk from escalating fighting in Yemen’s Marib

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Aikaterini Kitidi – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

04/29/2015

To save his mother, wife and two children, Fairuz left one son behind. A refugee wrestles with the impossible math of war.

Fairuz and Hannah felt they had no choice but to leave their son behind in order to save the others from airstrikes in Yemen.

04/08/2015

Refugee influx from Yemen gains pace

As of today, 227 Yemeni refugees have arrived in Djibouti together with an unknown number of other nationals, but have not asked for asylum.

07/06/2020

Test Your Knowledge Yemen 2020

People in Yemen are too often forgotten. How much do you know about the worst humanitarian crisis in the world? Put your knowledge to the test.

10/03/2017

Silent Crisis: Children flee the terror of Central American gangs

As the world focuses on Syria, South Sudan, Yemen and other flashpoints, a silent crisis is brewing in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

11/24/2021

Displaced Yemenis struggle to access aid as fighting intensifies in Marib

UNHCR is gravely concerned about the safety and security of civilians in Yemen’s Marib governorate, including more than one million people who are estimated to be displaced.

01/11/2021

Famine explained

Approximately 20 million people in Yemen, Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia are at immediate risk of famine. But what exactly is famine and how can we stop it?

06/02/2020

The Fatwa Council of Tareem

The Fatwa Council of Tareem is located in Hadramaut, Yemen. Hadramaut has been a major centre for scholarship for over a millennium and has produced many of the world’s leading Shafi’i scholars.

02/26/2021

Displaced Yemenis flee clashes, face imminent risk of hunger

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

12/11/2020

Yemenis displaced by conflict now face threats of looming famine

UNHCR is today warning that hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Yemenis are at heightened risk of food insecurity.

07/12/2017

Statistics

Millions of individuals have been forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations. Learn more about the number of refugees from various regions and the countries in which they are most often resettling.