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¤ MIDDLE EAST: Experts urge governments to revise water policies
AMMAN Thursday, February 04, 2010 (IRIN) - Governments in the Middle East must put aside political differences, rethink water management and revise strategy and policy in using water otherwise the region will face a dire future, scientists have warned at an international conference in Jordan.

¤ Analysis: Yemen's rebellions fuelled by economic meltdown
SANAA Thursday, February 04, 2010 (IRIN) - From the Shiite rebellion in Saada in the north to the surge of secessionist movement in the south and the dangerous alliance forged between tribes and Al-Qaeda in the east, one factor unites analyses of the forces pulling Yemen apart: the failure of its economy.

¤ YEMEN: Selling food aid to pay the rent
SANAA Wednesday, February 03, 2010 (IRIN) - Some of the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have fled fighting in Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, are selling food aid in the capital, Sanaa, to pay their rent, say an aid worker and some IDPs.

¤ YEMEN: Third country resettlement slowing - UNHCR
SANAA Monday, February 01, 2010 (IRIN) - Deteriorating security in Yemen since August 2009 has negatively affected efforts by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and recipient governments to resettle refugees. Some third country governments were reluctant to send missions to Yemen to process resettlement cases, UNHCR external relations officer in Sanaa Andrew Knight told IRIN.

¤ YEMEN: Officials warn of humanitarian crisis as IDP population doubles
SANAA Sunday, January 31, 2010 (IRIN) - With the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Yemen having reached 250,000, more than double the number that existed before the current round of fighting between the army and Houthi-led rebels broke out on 12 August 2009, aid workers and local officials have warned of a lack of shelter and basic services for them.

¤ YEMEN: Child trafficking to Saudi Arabia down in 2009
SANAA Monday, January 25, 2010 (IRIN) - Fewer Yemeni children were trafficked to Saudi Arabia in 2009 than in recent years, according to a Yemeni Ministry of Social Affairs official.

¤ YEMEN: Ministry announces refugee registration deadline
SANAA Wednesday, January 20, 2010 (IRIN) - Yemen’s Interior Ministry on 18 January announced that all unregistered refugees in Yemen must register with the authorities within two months. It justified the move saying illegal immigration was a real threat to the country's security.

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