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Djibouti's Interior Minister Omar Abdi Said reported that over 2,500 Yemenis have fled to Djibouti since last Thursday due to fighting between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed forces in western Yemen. The minister expects this number to reach around 10,000 within weeks, surpassing the country’s capacity. He called for urgent international financial assistance from the UN and other partners to address the crisis, emphasizing the strain on Djibouti's resources given its small size and population of less than 1.2 million people.
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Thousands of Yemenis are fleeing to Djibouti as fighting intensifies between the Houthi rebels and the internationally recognized government in western Yemen. Over the past week, more than 3,400 people, including women and children, have arrived on Djibouti’s northern coast near Obock following a Houthi offensive that seized the Red Sea port of Mocha. The small country with fewer than 1.2 million inhabitants is struggling to cope with this influx, which officials warn could reach up to 10,000 displaced people within weeks. Djiboutian Interior Minister Omar Abdi Said has called on the international community for urgent assistance due to declining funding and limited national capacity.
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Djibouti is calling on the international community to urgently provide assistance to help deal with the rising number of Yemenis fleeing to the country, warning that the figure already exceeds national capacity.
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figure → call → capacity
More than 2,500 Yemenis have arrived in Djibouti since Thursday last week, according to Interior Minister Omar Abdi Said.
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“We expect the number of displaced people to rise to about 10,000 in the coming weeks,” Said said on Wednesday.
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Said → lead → Wednesday
The influx of migrants has already exceeded our national capacity, and we are facing increasing pressure as international funding declines.
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funding → exceed → pressure
We call on the United Nations and international partners to mobilise urgent financial resources commensurate with the scale of the crisis.”
Heavy fighting is under way in western Yemen between the Iran-backed Houthis and the internationally recognised government, backed by Saudi Arabia.
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fighting → call → Arabia
Thousands of Yemenis have sought safety in Djibouti, which lies directly opposite Yemen across the Red Sea.
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which → seek → Sea
The conflict is worsening the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East.
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conflict → worsen → East
More than 4.5 million people have been displaced since the Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen’s civil war in 2015.
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coalition → displace → 2015
The latest escalation has raised concerns of further internal displacement and the possibility of more Yemenis fleeing the country.
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Yemenis → raise → country
The International Organization for Migration’s Djibouti Office (IOM) said in a video posted on X on Wednesday that its staff and local authorities are on the ground, providing Yemenis arriving in the country with food and water.
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staff → say → food
The agency’s response coordinator for Djibouti, Safiya Ibrahim, warned that many people, including women, children, babies and sick people, are arriving in the country daily, adding that the IOM is “counting on additional financial support” to continue its operations.
Djibouti is the third-smallest nation on the African continent, with a population of less than 1.2 million.
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