One million people in Yemen will lose aid: UN

GENEVA, April 29 (YPA) – UNHCR’s spokesperson Shabia Mantoo on Tuesday said that a million displaced people and refugees in Yemen are at risk of losing humanitarian aid because of lack of access to funding.

During a press conference held in Geneva, Mantoo stressed that there is a need to obtain urgent funding in the coming weeks to maintain the work of life-saving aid programs in Yemen, warning of the suspension of many programs and aid due to the severe decrease in funding.

She explained that UNHCR is seeking $ 89.4 million urgently to maintain life-saving assistance for internally displaced families, refugees, asylum seekers and the poor Yemenis who host them.

In last February, the United Nations had announced decreasing humanitarian aid programs in Yemen to 70 per cent due to what it called lack of funding.

YPA