The U.N. migration agency said Tuesday it aims to help transfer at least 6,750 Ethiopian migrants from war-torn Yemen to their home country in the coming months. More flights were planned between Yemen’s southern port city of Aden and the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, it added. “Migrants transiting through or stranded in Yemen are some of those most affected by the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country,” said Christa Rottensteiner, IOM’s chief of mission in Yemen. Last year, around 27,700 migrants embarked on the arduous journey from the Horn of Africa to Yemen, according to the IOM. A Saudi-led coalition entered the war the following year on behalf of the internationally recognized Yemeni government, to try to restore it to power.

Source: Ethiopian News May 24, 2022 12:24 UTC