Coronavirus - Africa: Thousands of African Migrants Return from Yemen, Assisted by International Organization for ...
(WorldNews Africa)

Download logo More than 2,000 African migrants who have arrived from Yemen over the last three weeks are being assisted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in Djibouti, Horn of Africa. The migrants, from Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea, including children as young as eight-years-old, returned to Djibouti after failing to reach the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to COVID-19 movement restrictions, border closures, and extreme danger along this migratory route. They arrived hungry, tired and in need of medical assistance after making the treacherous boat journey back across...