At 53.2 million, internally displaced persons continue to outnumber refugees and more needs to be done to highlight their plight of being ‘internal’ refugees within their own countries.

20 June 2022 – Today marks World Refugee Day and for the first time, the number of people who are experiencing displacement around the world has exceeded 100 million. Out of this figure 53.2 million are those who have fled their homes to other areas within the borders of their country, for fear of their lives mainly because of conflict and violence. In Yemen alone, 4.3 million people have become internally displaced persons (IDPs) leaving behind their lives, at times with the clothes on their backs and many experiencing displacement multiple times.

Now into their Eighth Year of War, 19 million Yemenis, including 2.2 million children under the age of five, will be facing hunger.

25 March 2022 – Tomorrow the people of Yemen will enter their eighth year of living in a country in active conflict. Over the period of 2,555 days and nights, Yemenis have been experiencing a deteriorating economic hardship and loss of income, displacement and a daily struggle to meet their most basic needs. By the end of the year, up to 19 million Yemenis will experience acute malnutrition, including 2.2 million children under five. While the conflict affects all the people of Yemen, women and girls continue to be disproportionately affected.

The repercussions of the current global food crisis emanating from the conflict in Ukraine - one of the main suppliers for Yemen - will mean less wheat and oil entering the country and at higher prices, further worsening the situation for more people.

New report shows disturbing trend of more people at threat of famine in Yemen

14 March 2022 – Figures from the newly released Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report confirm the serious concerns felt and foreseen by humanitarian organizations such as CARE in Yemen for 2022. The level of food insecurity and the risk of famine conditions for a higher number of Yemenis are now vivid, inevitable and undeniable.  According to the report, during the period January to May 2022, 17.4 million Yemenis will experience high levels of food insecurity (IPC phases 3 to 5, classified from Crisis to Catastrophe[1]) – amounting to an over 7 per cent increase compared to the previous year. This is expected to rise to 19 million over the second half of the year.

Joint statement

This statement was developed by a group of international aid organizations working in Yemen, including: ACTED, CARE, Danish Refugee Council, Humanity & Inclusion — Handicap International, INTERSOS, Lutheran World Relief, Medecins du Monde (MdM), Mercy Corps, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, Polish Humanitarian Action, Save the Children and ZOA.

Aid agencies operating in Yemen are deeply concerned over the humanitarian situation in and around Marib as hostilities continue to escalate resulting in dozens of civilian casualties, including women and children.

In October alone, more than 54 incidents of armed violence affecting civilians in and around Marib were recorded, resulting in over 119 civilian casualties — an increase of more than 230 per cent in civilian casualties recorded in a single month for 2021 in the area. A recent attack on 31 October, hit a religious site, killing and wounding 29 civilians, including students, women and children.[1]