What is happening in Yemen is unfortunate. As soon as the conflict in Yemen started, we had more than 30,000 Yemeni refugees and Somali returnees back in Somalia, especially in the northern regions of Puntland and Somaliland. We were supported by IOM and UNHCR. Most of the people are still stranded in Yemen. Over 250,000 Somalis are still refugees in Yemen. Most of them are in the Houthi-controlled areas.
We have active communication with them. We try all we can to make sure they stay out of the conflict zones. We are in touch with the UN. We are in touch with other agencies. We would like them to be repatriated safely, if possible, back into Somalia.
We know it is not easy sometimes. The distance between Somalia and Yemen is not that far, but sometimes there are very dangerous areas to journey through to come to this side. We're asking anybody who can help to move them to safer places to do so, because initially they were there as refugees and then this happened, and they will basically be the biggest victims in this kind of situation.