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2014 becomes the deadliest year at sea off Yemen

2014 becomes the deadliest year at sea off Yemen

Jun 25, 2015 | News Releases

There’s been a sharp increase this year in the number of migrants and asylum seekers losing their lives in attempts to get to Yemen, mainly from the Horn of Africa, with more deaths in 2014 than in the last three years combined. In the latest tragic incident on...

UNHCR’s aid airlift arrives safely in Yemen

May 15, 2015 | Press Release

The first of six UNHCR airplanes bringing urgently needed aid supplies landed safely in Yemen today boosting relief stocks in the war-ravaged country, on the third day of the temporary humanitarian pause. The plane carrying blankets, kitchen utensils and sleeping mats...
A Broken Family Escapes Fighting in Yemen

A Broken Family Escapes Fighting in Yemen

May 15, 2015 | Featured Story

Fairuz and his wife Hannah can’t stop crying. They are crying for their broken country, Yemen, but above all for their broken family. His eyes red with grief, Fairuz explains how their eldest son, Adeeb, 27, was too terrified to join them as they ran a gauntlet of...

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