Yemen war sees scramble for scant resources between displaced and locals
Key takeaways
- Reduced aid to Yemen and a domestic economic crisis lead to extreme suffering for displaced at the Maryamah camp, as well as nearby residents.
- A case in point is Maryamah, one of several IDP camps in Seiyun, a city situated in Yemen’s eastern Wadi Hadramout province, which together house about 4,899 displaced households.
- Ali Sagher Shareem, 51, who two years ago made the arduous 1,000km journey from his home in Hodeidah, western Yemen, to Maryamah, said his family’s displacement came at the worst possible time.
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Reduced aid to Yemen and a domestic economic crisis lead to extreme suffering for displaced at the Maryamah camp, as well as nearby residents.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Ali Sagher Shareem fled his village in western Yemen for Seiyun in the east, arriving as humanitarian aid dried up and host communities began demanding a share of assistance reaching IDPs. [Saeed Al-Batati/Al Jazeera]By Saeed Al Batati Published On 24 May 202624 May 2026Seiyun, Yemen – During the early years of the Yemen war, which broke out in September 2014, food and shelter were relatively adequate in camps hosting many of the country’s 4.8 million internally displaced people (IDPs).
But nearly 12 years of conflict and growing instability have led to a dire situation inside and outside IDP camps, while the collapse of the Yemeni rial has seen an inflationary spiral creating the worst food crisis since 2022, with more than half the population experiencing extreme food insecurity.