African migrants in need of humanitarian aid in Yemen: UN Warning
The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned of the tragic situation of African migrants in Yemen.
In a brief statement on its Twitter page yesterday, the organization announced that 200,000 African migrants are in need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen, and that nearly 43,000 of them are stranded, living in squalid conditions unable to continue their journeys or return home.
Earlier this year, the UN agency said it was able to repatriate more than 3,000 Ethiopian migrants from Yemen in 2022, according to the voluntary repatriation program.
It said it had assisted some 3,700 Ethiopian migrants to return voluntarily and safely to their homes in 2022.
The organization carries out these humanitarian flights of African migrants wishing to return home from Aden, Sana’a and Marib, with funding from the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Action and the US State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.
More recently, IOM said more than 500 migrants have been killed in the country during years of war triggered by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia.
According to many international reports, Houthi militias have recruited migrants and forced them to fight alongside them against the legitimate government.
Terrorist militias reportedly subject recruits to mobilization courses, during which countless financial benefits are promised before they enter a weeks-long combat cycle.
The Houthi militias’ recruitment of young African refugees and children comes as they have failed to persuade Yemenis to join their ranks.
