IDPs’ number rises to 5.1 million, amid exacerbating suffering, reducting aid

The Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation on Sunday confirmed that the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has increased to 5,159,560 displaced by the end of August 2022.

A report issued by the Information Center of the Humanitarian Affairs Council, a copy of which was obtained by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), stated that the number of the displaced families reached 740,122 families, while the number of the displaced individuals reached 5,159,560 individuals in 15 provinces.

The report pointed out that 1,168,664 displaced individuals have not received aid so far, despite the continuous calls to the international organizations to assume their roles and responsibilities towards the displaced.

The number of IDPs in the capital city, Sana’a, reached 694,127, and they reached 944,916 people in Hodeida province, while their number in Hajjah province amounted to 791,147 and 512,526 displaced persons in Sa’ada province, according to the report.

The report mentioned that the number of the IDPs in Taiz province reached 511,231, in Amran province reached 294,455 people, while there are 275,191 IDPs in Dhamar province, and 226,177 in Ibb province.

In Sana’a province, the number of the IDPs reached 211,253, and their number in Jawf province reached 219,219, and 124,432 displaced cases in Bayda province.

The Council report stated that the number of IDPs in Marib province reached 155,202 persons, and the number in Rayma province reached 62,608 persons, in Mahweet province their number amounted to 54,915 displaced persons, and 82,341 displaced persons in Dhalea province.