The New Humanitarian | Crossroads Djibouti: The African migrants who defy Yemen's war
OBOCK, DJIBOUTI Over the past three years, around 200,000 Yemenis have fled their country, displaced by a continuing conflict that has led to more than 6,100 civilian deaths and left 22.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance or protection. Your browser does not support the video tag. Yet for tens of thousands of migrants escaping economic or political distress in Somalia and Ethiopia, Yemen remains a destination of choice, or at least a key transit point en route to the Gulf states. Whether fleeing to or from Yemen via the Horn of Africa – more than 37,000 Yemenis travelled...