Yemen Monitor / Newsroom:
The UN Refugee Commission (UNHCR) in Yemen has announced the voluntary return of 218 Somali refugees during October, out of a total of 60,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers in Yemen, most of whom are from Somalia.
In a report reviewed by “Yemen Monitor,” the Commission stated that 70 Somali refugees departed by sea from Aden to Berbera on October 7, and 148 departed today on a flight to Mogadishu, Somalia.
The Commission clarified that Yemen hosts more than 61,000 refugees and asylum seekers, most of whom are from Somalia, and that it has facilitated the return of 8,500 Somali refugees through the Voluntary Return Program since 2017.
