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Symbolic image: Yemen displacement passes 200,000 as UN agencies warn of hungerSymbolic image

Yemen displacement passes 200,000 as UN agencies warn of hunger

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The UN migration agency says more than 200,000 people have fled their homes in Yemen since fighting escalated, up from 76,000 in mid-September. About 3,700 have crossed the sea to Djibouti.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) published the figures on Wednesday, 7 October, and said displacement has been recorded across 10 governorates, with Ta'iz hit hardest. According to a statement relayed by Politika, the total is 201,217 people, of whom 197,755 fled since the start of September. IOM Director General Amy Pope said people are "running for their lives and finding nowhere safe to go" and called for more funding for food and shelter. The UN World Food Programme had warned on Friday that three in four families in parts of Yemen are going hungry.

Offensive on the front lines

The Houthis seized Yemen's entire Red Sea coast last month from forces of the internationally recognised government. On Sunday, Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, announced an offensive to retake all Houthi-held territory, including Sanaa, which the group has controlled since 2014.

Casualty figures

The World Health Organization recorded 959 deaths and 4,207 injuries across Yemen between 6 August and 2 October, Politika reports, citing Tanjug. The fighting escalated mainly in the west, along the Red Sea coast.

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