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- Minister of Economy and Finance Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh said 1,400 Yemeni refugees arrived in Djibouti within 24 hours.
- About 500 of those refugees were rescued at sea and taken to the coastal city of Obock.
- IOM humanitarian response coordinator Safiya Ibrahim said women and children were among those reaching Obock, with more expected.
- IOM director general Amy Pope warned displacement in Yemen has risen to 76,000 since July, up from 46,000.
