Displacement rates dropped over half during the UN-sponsored ceasefire in Yemen, according to the Executive Unit for the IDPs Camps Management.
According to data, 1,700 families were displaced in recent months, compared to 4,211 families during the first months of this year.
However, the data indicated that displacement rates dropped significantly during the first two months of the truce and doubled during the first extension last June.
Between Jan 1 and June 30, the Executive Unit tracked 32,807 individuals displaced internally from 21 different governorates and distributed across 11 governorates.
About 38 percent of these IDP households left for Marib, and 40 percent were displaced to Ad-Dali, Shabwah, and Taiz, while 22 percent arrived at the governorates of Hodeidah, Abyan, Aden, al-Mahrah, and Hadramawt.
However, displacement rates increased during the first extension of the truce, according to the Unit’s Director Najeeb al-Saadi.
Saadi confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that 479 families were displaced in April, 446 families in May, and 806 families were displaced during June.
He explained that the period before the entry into force of the truce witnessed the displacement of 4,211 families, equivalent to 22,937 individuals.
Displacement in June mainly was from Houthi-controlled areas to legitimate regions, likely due to the ease of movement of citizens between different areas, which prompted them to leave to safer parts.
Local aid workers and partners confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that security and economic reasons were behind the recent displacement, as some families fled due to Houthi violations in Marib, Taiz, northern Ad-Dali, and southern Hodeidah.
The sources say that the truce created an appropriate situation for some families who went to government-controlled areas to search for sources of income or obtain food aid as a result of the Houthi militia’s control of the lists of those eligible for support.
Meanwhile, the weekly update of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) stated that during the past eight days, Marib received 30 displaced families from Houthi-controlled areas.
The displacement tracking matrix recorded 85 families, 510 individuals, who left for Marib, Shabwa, Taiz, and Ad-Dali.
IOM said that most of these displaced people moved to the governorates under the control of the government, noting that most of these displacement cases originated from Hodeidah and Dhamar.
She explained that Shabwa governorate received 23 families, most of whom came from the Ibb governorate, while Al-Dhalea governorate received 16 families, in which most of the displacement cases originated from the Hajjah governorate.
