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UN Warns Yemen Hostilities Drive Mass Displacement, Strain Aid Efforts
(MENAFN) The United Nations raised serious concerns Tuesday over the worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen, where intensifying fighting has forced more than 100,000 people from their homes and placed increasing pressure on relief operations.
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said relief chief Tom Fletcher had allocated emergency funding to help people displaced by the violence and the communities sheltering them.
"just released $9 million from the Central Emergency Relief Fund to provide urgent assistance to displaced families and to the communities receiving them."
Dujarric, citing humanitarian officials, said the continuing violence was having an increasingly severe impact on civilians, with families being driven from their homes while others were killed or wounded amid the fighting.
"the toll on civilians continues to grow, forcing families from their homes, killing and injuring those caught in the crossfire, and already stretched humanitarian operations are coming under growing pressure."
The UN Refugee Agency has also reported a sharp rise in displacement, particularly along Yemen’s western coast. According to Dujarric, the escalation has displaced more than 100,000 people within Yemen, while thousands of others have crossed the Bab al-Mandeb Strait toward Djibouti.
"rapidly escalating hostilities, especially on the western coast of Yemen, have displaced more than 100,000 human beings inside the country,"
Humanitarian access has also become increasingly difficult, with major routes facing restrictions or closures and essential relief supplies declining.
"access and movements along key routes are restricted or just suspended,"
Dujarric called on all sides involved in the conflict to uphold their obligations under international law and ensure civilians are protected.
"protect civilians, respect international humanitarian law, respect international law, and facilitate the safe and unhindered passage of humanitarian aid."
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said relief chief Tom Fletcher had allocated emergency funding to help people displaced by the violence and the communities sheltering them.
"just released $9 million from the Central Emergency Relief Fund to provide urgent assistance to displaced families and to the communities receiving them."
Dujarric, citing humanitarian officials, said the continuing violence was having an increasingly severe impact on civilians, with families being driven from their homes while others were killed or wounded amid the fighting.
"the toll on civilians continues to grow, forcing families from their homes, killing and injuring those caught in the crossfire, and already stretched humanitarian operations are coming under growing pressure."
The UN Refugee Agency has also reported a sharp rise in displacement, particularly along Yemen’s western coast. According to Dujarric, the escalation has displaced more than 100,000 people within Yemen, while thousands of others have crossed the Bab al-Mandeb Strait toward Djibouti.
"rapidly escalating hostilities, especially on the western coast of Yemen, have displaced more than 100,000 human beings inside the country,"
Humanitarian access has also become increasingly difficult, with major routes facing restrictions or closures and essential relief supplies declining.
"access and movements along key routes are restricted or just suspended,"
Dujarric called on all sides involved in the conflict to uphold their obligations under international law and ensure civilians are protected.
"protect civilians, respect international humanitarian law, respect international law, and facilitate the safe and unhindered passage of humanitarian aid."
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