Displacement on the rise in Yemen as fighting continues

© IOMPeople displaced by conflict in Taiz, Yemen, collect aid supplies.Tuesday, September 22, 2026UN NewsAs hostilities worsen in Yemen, more people have been fleeing their homes, further intensifying the humanitarian crisis within the region, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday.“Fighting in Yemen is expanding across multiple front lines, triggering a rapidly growing displacement crisis and driving more than 130,000 people to flee their homes since the beginning of September,” UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch told reporters in Geneva.The mass displacement follows the Iran-backed Houthi fighters’ rapid advance down Yemen’s western coast to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in recent weeks and clashes with Saudi-backed Yemeni Government forces.The city of Taiz in south-western Yemen remains the epicentre of the crisis, Mr. Baloch said, accounting for more than 60 per cent of overall displacement.No safe place“Many families remaining within the governorate itself [are] unable to move to safer locations due to fighting, blocked roads or lack of transportation fuel,” he said.Displacement is also being reported from Al Jawf, Marib and Hudaydah governorates. According to UNHCR, the vast...