Lahj refugees at risk

The UN refugee agency warned that risks are mounting for more than 65,000 refugees and asylum-seekers in Yemen, following airstrikes near Kharaz Camp in Lahj, which hosts around 9,500 Somali and Ethiopian refugees. The escalation forced schools and legal services to suspend operations and restricted movement. Food assistance, healthcare and water services continued despite major difficulties, while some families began moving to safer areas. The agency organized three flights that repatriated 607 Somali refugees, while more than 1,100 people requested voluntary return. It warned that airstrikes, funding shortages and obstruction of aid access are putting refugees and humanitarian workers at risk. Meanwhile, more than 134,000 migrants and asylum-seekers arrived in Yemen by sea during the first nine months of the year, as internal displacement continued and others left the country by sea.

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