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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)warned that fighting in Yemen’s west and center is forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
According to UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler, “more than 62,000 have been reported to be displaced within the last six weeks.”
During a press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Spindler said that more than 48,400 people displaced in Taiz while more than 13,902 people fled across Dhamar governorate.
The UN official added that “many of those displaced from the fighting are now in urgent need of food, shelter and medicine and lack adequate water and sanitation facilities.”
There are currently 2 million internally displaced people and 1 million IDPs who have provisionally returned to their places of origin across Yemen but still need humanitarian assistance.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
