Current Yemen crisis:
The 2026 Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) estimates that 22.3 million people require humanitarian assistance and protection services this year. This includes approximately 5.2 million internally displaced people (IDPs), 329,000 migrants, and 63,000 refugees and asylum-seekers. The crisis...
Yemen Crisis: Key Trends and What They Mean for Somaliland, Somalia, and the Horn of Africa:
As of September 2026, the Yemen crisis is entering a new and potentially more dangerous phase. After several years of relative calm following the 2022 UN-mediated truce, fighting has intensified again, particularly around the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, one of...
Wider East & Horn of Africa
At regional level, the major trend is the convergence of displacement and migration drivers. Conflict, drought/climate shocks, food insecurity, economic pressures, limited employment opportunities and political instability are interacting rather than operating independently. IOM describes Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen...
East, Horn and Southern Africa — Migration Along the Eastern Route — Report 63 (January – March 2026)
One of the most important regional trends is the continued significance of the Eastern Route, linking Ethiopia and Somalia through Djibouti and across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen and Saudi Arabia. IOM's latest Eastern Route Report covering January–March 2026...
Yemen conflict displaces over 100,000 people, UN says
Yemen remains both a major displacement crisis and a critical transit country connecting the Horn of Africa with the Arabian Peninsula. Before the latest escalation, UNHCR estimated approximately 4.8 million IDPs in Yemen and more than 64,000 refugees and asylum-seekers,...
Refugees and Asylum Seekers
UNHCR data as of June 2026 recorded 17,028 refugees and asylum-seekers in Somaliland, representing approximately 52% of Somalia/Somaliland' registered refugee and asylum-seeker population, with additional populations in Togdheer and Awdal regions:
Somalia — Border Point Flow Monitoring — (July 2026)
Somalia remains an important transit and departure country on the Eastern Migration Route toward Djibouti, Yemen and ultimately Saudi Arabia/Gulf countries. IOM recorded 46,073 movements at monitored Somali flow-monitoring points in July 2026, although these figures represent monitored movements rather...
Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Dataset — (since June, 2026)
The displacement picture is increasingly driven by a combination of conflict, climatic shocks and limited livelihoods, rather than a single cause. IOM's 2026 Emergency Trend Tracking is specifically monitoring conflict-related displacement as well as anticipated climate-related displacement associated with the...
Somalia Refugees and Internal Displacement_June 2026
Somalia continues to experience large-scale and protracted internal displacement, alongside significant cross-border migration and refugee movements. As of 30 June 2026, UNHCR reported approximately 3.3 million IDPs and 32,966 refugees and asylum-seekers in Somalia.
Somalia Refugees and Internal Displacement_June 2026
Somalia continues to experience large-scale and protracted internal displacement, alongside significant cross-border migration and refugee movements. As of 30 June 2026, UNHCR reported approximately 3.3 million IDPs and 32,966 refugees and asylum-seekers in Somalia.
