News Center- Throughout December, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Yemen’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reported that 291 households (1,746 individuals) had been displaced at least once in 13 governorates. This brings the total number of households tracked by DTM who were displaced at least once in 2023 to 9,944 (59,664 individuals).

The report said that most displacements in the governorate originated from Ma’rib (178 households [HHs]), Ta’iz (57 HHs), and Al Hodeidah (51HHs), while those displaced moved into or within Ta’iz (75 HHs), Al Hodeidah (58 HHs), and Ma’rib (51 HHs) governorates. A total of 64 percent of displacements were caused by conflict, with the remaining 36 per cent of IDPs citing economic reasons as the cause of their displacement.

“The UN estimates that there are approx. 4.5 million internally displaced persons in Yemen,” said the report published by the IOM on Monday.

In December 2023, IOM’s DTM recorded a total of 1,679 migrants entering Yemen and 4,827 Yemenis returnees. “Migrant arrivals have increased by 13 per cent compared to November (1,465),” the report said.