U.N. Says 92,000 People Reached Yemen by Sea in 2015

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United Nations, Rabi’II 9, 1437, January 19, 2016, SPA --The U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday that more than 92,000 people made the dangerous sea crossing from the Horn of Africa to Yemen last year, one of the highest annual totals of the past decade, despite Yemen’s ongoing military conflict. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said two-thirds of the arrivals happened after March 2015, when the conflict in Yemen intensified. Most migrants are from Ethiopia or Somalia. UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said in Geneva that 95 people died during the crossings last year, the second-highest figure recorded since 2006. In the first three weeks of 2016, 36 people have drowned. Edwards said “many new arrivals are misinformed about the severity of the conflict,” even though the U.N. agency has warned of the dangers they face in Yemen. Along with 2.5 million Yemenis displaced by the conflict, the country hosts 266,000 refugees. --SPA 03:44 LOCAL TIME 00:44 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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