Frank Gardner: Inside a camp for Yemeni refugees who have fled to Djibouti
Inside a camp for Yemeni refugees who have fled to Djibouti.
Inside a camp for Yemeni refugees who have fled to Djibouti.
Article outline
- What happened
- The key numbers
- The bottom line
Key points
- Fighting on Yemen's west coast has prompted thousands of individuals to flee by boat throughout the Bab al-Mandab Strait to Djibouti over the last ten days.
- The UN International Organisation for Migration remarked residents were travelling on overcrowded boats and arriving with particularly limited food and water.
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- The crossings were sparked by an offensive by the Iran-backed Houthi movement to take control of a key island and seize the strategically significant port of Mokha.
In practice, the BBC's Frank Gardner visited a refugee camp in Obock, a small port town where authorities are preparing for the arrival of up to 10, 000 refugees.
For context, the UN International Organisation for Migration remarked residents were travelling on overcrowded boats and arriving with particularly limited food and water.
Notably, the crossings were sparked by an offensive by the Iran-backed Houthi movement to take control of a key island and seize the strategically significant port of Mokha. You are now after Yemen.
Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage. You are now after Houthis.
In short, frank Gardner: Inside a camp for Yemeni refugees who have fled to is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.
