Osamah is the first to arrive in Australia via this new visa pathway. His long 'limbo' is over

The 24-year-old, originally from Yemen, is one of just 20 refugees due to come to Australia as part of this pilot program.
UNHCR

Amid worsening conditions in Yemen, more Somali refugees opt to return

Almost 4,300 Somali refugees have now returned home from Yemen, since the roll-out in 2017 of an Assisted Spontaneous Return (ASR) programme, facilitated by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in cooperation ...
UNHCR

Yemen-bound refugees survive to tell of nightmare at sea

ADEN, Yemen, August 26 (UNHCR) - Eighteen Somali and Ethiopian refugees are currently being treated in southern Yemen after they were forced to jump off a boat into the Gulf of Aden. At least 12 ...
Yahoo

At least 68 refugees and migrants die in boat sinking off Yemeni coast

At least 68 refugees and migrants have died and 74 others remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to the United Nations migration agency. Abdusattor Esoev, head of the ...
DPA International on MSN

Houthis storm UN office in Sana'a, confiscate electronic devices

Gunmen affiliated with Yemen's Houthi rebels stormed the headquarters of the UN refugee agency UNHCR in the capital Sana'a on ...