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Today, a flight carrying 140 stranded migrants departed from Aden International Airport for Addis Ababa. This was the first flight to Ethiopia from Yemen under the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme since the COVID-19 global pandemic was declared.
“This flight is a vital lifeline for migrants who have been stranded for months on end in unsafe conditions,” said António Vitorino, IOM Director General. “In the coming months, we hope to see more migrants able to safely go home to their loved ones in this way.”
Despite a reduction in the number of migrants arriving in Yemen – from 138,000 in 2019 to just over 37,500 in 2020 – the dangers they face have drastically increased over the past year. Unable to continue across Yemen to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), many stranded migrants lack shelter, water and food. Migrants also have been at increasing risk of experiencing xenophobia, explo
UN airlifts 140 stranded Ethiopian migrants from Yemen
A man walks to the airport building in Yemen s southern city of Aden on 3 January 2021, as activity resumes after explosions rocked the building on December 30, killing or injuring dozens of people. [SALEH OBAIDI/AFP via Getty Images] March 16, 2021 at 6:14 pm
The UN agency for migration Tuesday said it moved 140 Ethiopian migrants stranded in Yemen back to their home country,
Anadolu Agency reported. Today, a flight carrying 140 stranded migrants departed from Aden International Airport for Addis Ababa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement.
It added: This was the first flight to Ethiopia from Yemen under the IOM s Voluntary Humanitarian Return program since the COVID-19 global pandemic was declared.