IOM this week (11/10) assisted the evacuation of 83 Ethiopian migrants from Yemen via Djibouti.

The returnees – 15 unaccompanied minors and 68 adult men – were stranded in Yemen due to the conflict and had no means to return home. The operation was organized in coordination with IOM country offices in Yemen and Djibouti and the governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti.

Fifteen of the returnees are currently undergoing family tracing and reunification procedures at the IOM transit centre in Addis Ababa, while the 68 adults were provided with transportation allowance and returned to their homes in the countryside.

Since the eruption of conflict in Yemen in March 2015, IOM has been providing vital humanitarian assistance in evacuating and providing post-arrival assistance to Ethiopian migrants returning home.

The total number of Ethiopians including those evacuated by the Government of Ethiopia has now reached 7,166. 

For further information, please contact Alemayehu Seifeselassie at IOM Ethiopia, Tel: +251.11. 6611117 (Ext. 455), Mobile: +251.91.163-9082 Email: salemayehu@iom.int