WUNRN
Internal Displacement Monitoring
Centre
Yemen:
IDPs Facing International Neglect - Women & Children
Link to Full Article: http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpCountrySummaries)/2D2CB6D43326BDD6C1257766004C5E2D?OpenDocument&count=10000
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August 2010 - Yemen - Following intermittent clashes between Al-Houthi groups
and the Yemeni government in July 2009, the situation in Sa’ada governorate
escalated into open conflict in the sixth round of hostilities since 2004. Tens
of thousands of people were displaced from Sa’ada and Amran governorates,
adding to those displaced by previous rounds of fighting. For many, it was
their second or third displacement over the last few years. In February 2010 a
ceasefire put an end to hostilities; however intermittent violence has
continued in affected governorates. As of July 2010, approximately 342,000 were
registered as internally displaced people (IDPs), and more than 800,000 people
had been indirectly affected by the conflict, including communities hosting
IDPs and residents who had lost access to basic services.
A displaced family in their tent
at Yemen Mazraq Refugee
Camp, October 2009. Photo: IRIN/Paul Stephens
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http://www.wfp.org/videos/two-women-al-mazraq
VIDEO - YEMEN AL MAZRAQ CAMP FOR DISPLACED PERSONS
TWO WOMEN TELL THEIR STORIES +
At least 250,000 people had to
flee their homes during the recent conflict in the north of Yemen. Many of them
are now in World Food Programme-supported camps such as Al Mazraq, where
despite the ceasefire they are too scared to return home. Two women in the camp
told WFP’s Abeer Etefa their stories.
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