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Djibouti Faces Refugee Influx from Yemen Conflict
Djibouti is struggling to absorb a growing wave of Yemeni refugees fleeing fighting in Mokha, with nearly 4,000 having crossed the Bab Al-Mandab strait, according to the UN resident coordinator. The influx compounds existing migration pressures on the small nation.
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Djibouti, a nation of about 1.2 million people at the southern end of the Red Sea, is facing a "perfect storm" as Yemenis flee fighting in Mokha, according to Jose Barahona, the UN resident coordinator in Djibouti (Arab News, October 14). Close to 4,000 refugees had crossed the Bab Al-Mandab strait from Yemen, adding pressure on a country that also hosts hundreds of thousands of migrants passing through its desert each year (Arab News, October 14).
This situation reflects the broader spillover effects of Yemen's ongoing conflict into neighboring states and raises humanitarian capacity concerns in the Horn of Africa/Red Sea region.