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The World Food Program made a statement that it will be giving an additional $20 million towards the support of Yemen and its refugee situation. The amount will go up from 30 million to 50 million dollars for the next two years. The money will be going to the poor communities in Yemen that are [...]
In the Abyan province, 225 Somali refugees were rescued after their boat was destroyed. It is unknown how this happened. Along with those rescued, the Yemen Coast Guard found eight dead bodies near the beach where the refugees were found. Because Yemen holds the policy of allowing Somali refugees into their country, they will be [...]
In the aftermath of the severe flooding that has taken approximately 200 lives, the United Nations has stepped in and taken an active role in providing support to the country and the approximately 10,000 homeless, displaced people. The UN Refugee Agency said it is very concerned about the widespread destruction, and according to UNHCR Spokesman [...]
Yemen’s unstable economy is undergoing even more hardships with the emigration of many Ethiopians and Eritreans. Yemen allows Somali refugees into the country, but recently many Ethiopians and Eritreans have been going through Somalia in order to get into Yemen. The emigrants have been a drain on the economy because many of the Ethiopians and [...]
Sunday October 19th, 2008 Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad sat down with the North Africa and Middle East Bureau at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Radwan Nuwaisir to exchange opinions on the refugee influx. Both directed their attention towards refugees from Iraq that have slowly seeped into Syria because of [...]
