Approximately 1,400 African immigrants returned to their country last May.

International Migration monitored the return of 1,398 stranded migrants via boat to return to the countries of the Horn of Africa during the month of May 2024.

The report indicated that most of the returnees last May were headed to Djibouti, where 1,240 migrants returning from Yemen were tracked to the cities of Obock and Tadjoura, which means that return movements through this corridor doubled by 97% compared to the month of April, which witnessed the return of 631 migrants. “What highlights the significant challenges migrants face and the desperate conditions that push them to make the perilous return journey to the Horn of Africa.”

International Migration indicated that it also recorded the return of 129 migrants stranded in Yemen to Ethiopia by sea from Aden to the cities of Diwali and Galavi, while 29 others returned in boats from Bir Ali in Shabwa Governorate to the Somali city of Bosaso.

The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) explained that it tracked, in the same month, the Omani authorities deporting 221 Ethiopian migrants to the Shehn border district in Al-Mahra Governorate, and “reports indicated that three migrants died in Yemen, two of them as a result of a traffic accident, and the third Due to health conditions with limited access to adequate care.”

The report revealed that Saudi Arabia “forcibly” returned 25,449 migrants last May, the largest number recorded since July 2021, which witnessed the return of 31,911 migrants and the second highest number since the start of registration in 2017.

The International Organization for Migration reported that most of the “forced” returnees from Saudi Arabia headed to Ethiopia, numbering 21,293 migrants, and Yemen received 4,010 of them, while 146 migrants went to Somalia.