Properness Actions for the Migrants Response in Yemen Since  March 2015 , the conflict in Yemen has overall escalated, resulting in further limitations on provision of and access to humanitarian. However, the escalation of the conflict has done little to stem the flow of migrants to Yemen. In 2017, IOM estimated that about 87,647 migrants had entered Yemen. As of April 2018, IOM estimates that there are 24,722 migrant new arrival in Yemen (as verified from data collected by IOM Migrant Search and Rescue Teams). 

In the worst-case scenario as outlined by the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), it is anticipated that the limited access these migrants have to basic and life-saving services will be further restricted. 

IOM is currently providing  life-saving assistance  to  stranded migrants in Yemen, including food, Non-Food Items (NFIs), water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health, Voluntary Humanitarian Evacuation to their country of origin, through on-going projects.  In the worst-case scenario as defined by the HCT, this project aims  to scale up these activates to fortify   the   response for the (increased) migrants’ needs by pre-positioning items and other resources to provide the aforementioned assistance. 

This project will enhance the preparedness of IOM in terms of migrant response in a timely manner to the migrants’ needs. The project will be in-line with the YHRP 2018, and will be achieved through the activities below

 Enhance the capacity of the local partners to support the multi-sectorial assistance for the migrants and to support the humanitarian evacuation
 Stockpiling  life-saving materials and kits (including transit, hygiene and shelter  kits)
 Provide the needed multi -sectorial assistance like shelter, water, food  
 Support the land transportation for the migrants from the  conflict areas to the safe areas inside Yemen
 Enhance preparedness further by having a number of boats on standby in the international waters to evacuate the migrants who are willing to return from Yemen to their country of origin,  via Djibouti 

The activities proposed in this project  will be implemented  through the IOM Migrant Response Points (MRPs) and Migrant Search and Rescue Teams  that IOM operates in Aden, Al Hudaydah ,  Sana’a – 3 main areas of focus and Taiz,  Al Jawf, Lahj, and  Shabwah  (mobile Migrant Search and Rescue teams). The mobile teams will be repositioned based on the situation, to be able to respond to the needs of the migrants in a timely manner.

This will enable IOM to deliver the essential assistance to stranded and vulnerable migrants in many locations. IOM will continue to actively engage with all stakeholders including authorities (to the extent possible), UN agencies, INGOs and NGOs to coordinate on the activities proposed in this project   to ensure no duplications of assistance to  the migrants in need.

Within this project the focus in terms of protection is to proceed with protection mainstreaming in the areas of activities with planning and budgeting for sufficient protection related staff. IOM will adhere to the implementation the recommendations on protection in evacuations for example by taking prevention measures not to separate children from their mothers during evacuations or health checks, or to provide UASC specific attention during evacuations ensure there is a functional cross border system to screen/rapid assessment and refer UASC and VoTs, for family tracing, alternative care and other services, with a focus to ensuring these are continued cross border in the transit country and in the country of origin, coordinated through IOM Missions there