Recent data distributed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees revealed that entire families in Yemen face hunger every day, and that millions of internally displaced people face deteriorating conditions with the worsening crisis that the country has been experiencing for ten years and the impact of climate change.

The UN update on monitoring the protection of internally displaced Yemenis paints a bleak picture of the conditions affecting the displaced and host communities in the country. The data, which was collected from more than 47,000 families in the first half of this year, also provides details about the suffering of internally displaced people. Returnees and members of the host community.

Among the families included in the survey, a large number of whom reside in official and informal displacement sites, it appeared that 85 percent of these families are unable to meet their daily food needs, and many of them have resorted to “harsh mechanisms” to cope with the difficult conditions, Such as reducing meal sizes or skipping meals completely.

The Commission described the results of the statistics as depicting the harsh reality. “Entire families face hunger every day.” She pointed out another very important issue, but which does not receive attention, which is the widespread lack of civil documents among displaced families. More than 51 percent of the families surveyed have at least one child without a birth certificate, and 70 percent have family members without national ID cards.

She showed that without these crucial documents, families become isolated from access to basic services, education, and their basic rights, which exacerbates their vulnerability and hinders their ability to rebuild their lives.

The UNHCR confirmed that despite efforts to improve living conditions, the majority of displaced families do not feel safe when returning to their homes due to ongoing instability, lack of livelihood opportunities and dangers such as landmines, which plunges them into a spiral of prolonged displacement.< /p>

Severe challenges

UN data says Yemen - which remains one of the world's worst humanitarian crises - faces severe challenges even as attention turns to other global emergencies; Currently, 18.2 million people in the country, including 4.5 million displaced people, need urgent humanitarian assistance. This includes more than 60,000 refugees and asylum seekers, most of them from Somalia and Ethiopia.

The UNHCR stressed the need for more systematic and sustainable global support for countries such as Yemen, which is one of the countries in the world most affected by climate change, and is also among the countries least prepared to mitigate or adapt to the effects of severe weather conditions and disasters resulting from climate change, as it has become These disasters are more frequent.

The Commission recalled that the recent catastrophic floods in Malhan District, Al Mahwit Governorate, which resulted from heavy rains, led to the collapse of three dams and destroyed entire communities. Over the past month, floods claimed the lives of 97 people and injured many others, affecting more than 56,000 homes in 20 governorates and displacing more than a thousand families.

The most affected areas include Al-Hudaydah, Hajjah, Al-Tawila, and Marib, and damaged roads isolate the affected areas and hamper rescue efforts.

The Commission notes that this disaster has exacerbated the suffering of millions, as vital infrastructure has been destroyed, shelters have been swept away, and agricultural lands have been submerged, and unexploded ordnance discovered due to the floods poses additional threats to civilians and humanitarian workers.