About 1,400 Yemenis Flee to Djibouti Within 24 Hours
Refugees from Yemen have arrived in the Djiboutian town of Obock as Houthi forces tighten control over the Bab al-Mandeb strait, according to Al Jazeera.
Approximately 1,400 people from Yemen fled to Djibouti within a 24-hour period, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
The refugees arrived in Obock, a coastal town in Djibouti located across the Bab al-Mandeb strait from Yemen, the report said.
Al Jazeera linked the surge in arrivals to the Houthi movement tightening its grip on the strategically important Bab al-Mandeb strait, a narrow waterway connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden that serves as a key global shipping route.
Further details on the circumstances prompting the sudden influx of refugees, the conditions faced by those arriving in Djibouti, or the specific nature of the Houthis' actions in the strait were not immediately available.
Al Jazeera did not provide additional information on how the refugees are being received or what support, if any, is being offered by Djiboutian authorities or international organizations.
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- About 1,400 Yemenis flee to Djibouti within 24 hours — Al Jazeera — All
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