Djibouti Faces ‘Overlapping Emergencies’ As Yemen’s Refugee Exodus Continues

Djibouti is facing “overlapping emergencies” as refugees fleeing the conflict in Yemen arrive on its shores while migrants continue to travel in the opposite direction, the UN migration agency (IOM) warned on Tuesday.

More than 3,700 refugees have reached the Horn of Africa nation in the past three weeks after a dangerous crossing of the Red Sea, said Alexandre Coissac, head of IOM‘s mission in the country, briefing journalists in Geneva by video link.

At the same time, IOM has recorded more than…