Yemeni refugees arrive in Obock, Djibouti, inside 24 hours as Houthis tighten their grip on the Bab al-Mandeb strait.
Printed On 13 Sep 2026
About 1,400 individuals have fled Yemen for Djibouti in a 24-hour interval, Djibouti’s financial system and finance minister says, as Houthi fighters tighten their grip on the Bab al-Mandeb strait.
Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh wrote on X on Saturday: “1,400 refugees arrived in Djibouti from Yemen in simply 24 hours.”
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In a separate put up on Friday, the minister stated that 500 refugees had arrived within the coastal metropolis of Obock, together with ladies and youngsters, after they have been rescued at sea when their boats ran out of gas whereas crossing the Bab-el-Mandeb strait.
Obock, a metropolis solely about 20 kilometres (12 miles) throughout the water from the Yemeni coast, has for a number of years been a most popular arrival level for these searching for refuge from war-torn Yemen. The Bab-el-Mandeb strait can be utilized in the wrong way by migrants from the Horn of Africa, who transit by Yemen on their technique to Gulf nations.
Safiya Ibrahim, humanitarian response coordinator for the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM), advised AFP that “weak teams reminiscent of ladies and youngsters have reached the shores of Obock, with extra anticipated within the coming days”.
The IOM warned on Friday that no less than 46,000 individuals had been displaced in Yemen since preventing escalated final week.
“Households are being pressured to flee for the second or third time on this battle, with virtually nothing left,” Amy Pope, the IOM director normal, stated in an announcement. “As preventing spreads, reaching individuals with lifesaving help is changing into more durable. We urgently want secure, unimpeded entry.”
Djibouti hosts tens of hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers. United Nations Refugee Company figures from March 2026 present a registered inhabitants of greater than 36,000, with the bulk from Somalia, Ethiopia and Yemen.
The Houthis seized the Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday and have since overrun the shoreline and islands surrounding the Bab al-Mandeb strait. The speedy offensive has pressured hundreds of households to flee, with complete villages reportedly emptied in districts reminiscent of Maqbanah, Jabal Habashi and al-Maafer.
