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Fighting continues in and around Sa'ada city in northern Yemen. The town has been practically cut off from the rest of the world for a weekLast week UNHCR appealed to donor governments for an extra $5 million (on top of its annual $22 million budget for operations in Yemen) to cope with the escalating crisis. To bolster its ability to provide immediate help to the internally displaced people (IDPs), the refugee agency is deploying a three-member emergency team which includes protection, logistics and site planning experts.Inside northern Yemen, the Al Anad camp in Sa'ada is off limits. The other three sites for IDPs are still open but are becoming overcrowded as civilians flee the violence. Together with the authorities, UNHCR has registered 700 families in Sa'ada city "and if security permits we plan to distribute initial aid to some 370 families tomorrow," Mahecic said.In neighbouring Amran province, 60 percent of displaced are women and children. Some reported they lost documents as they fled, others are traumatized, and most left in a rush, leaving behind almost all personal belongings. Many are now living schools, clinics, hangars and barns.
now.UNHCR Spokesman Andrej Mahecic
