Basateen Neighborhood site profile, January 2023

Basateen is a neighborhood in the outskirts of Aden Governorate. It hosts 17,301 asylum seekers and refugees, the majority of whom comes from Somalia and Ethiopia.

Basateen neighborhood also hosts IDPs, IDP returnees and local Yemeni communities. After eight years of the conflict, families are living in dire conditions.

UNHCR and partners are the only providers of humanitarian and protection services to asylum seekers and refugees. Including health, livelihood, shelter, and non-food items.

POPULATION OF CONCERN

17,301 Number of refugees and asylum-seekers in Basateen neighborhood as of 31 December 2022.

17,947 Number of internally displace persons in Basateen neighborhood.

132,743 The total population in Basateen refugees’ neighborhood, includes refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs, IDP returnees and local Yemeni host communities.

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees