Some of the migrants who ran from Al Ghar toward Saudi Arabia on April 8 estimated that the Houthis shot and killed at least 250 migrants that day. Though rumors of sick residents had been circulating for some time, the first person the Houthis confirmed had died from coronavirus in Yemen, in early May, was a Somali man. Some migrants had been harassed for trying to get water or food, he added, and others blocked from getting medical care. All spring, the Houthis have done little to curb the coronavirus, denying reports of mass deaths in their territory. estimates the northern authorities have arrested and relocated 1,500 migrants to southern Yemen over the past two months.

Source: New York Times June 28, 2020 06:56 UTC