Kharaz Refugee Camp site profile, January 2023

Located in Lahj Governorate, in the south of Yemen, Kharaz refugee camp opened in 2001 and remains the only refugee camp in Yemen.

The camp is home to 9,614 refugees and asylum seekers, the majority from Somalia and approximately 10 per cent from Ethiopia.

UNHCR and partners are the only providers of humanitarian assistance and protection activities to refugees and host communities in this area.

POPULATION OF CONCERN

9,614 Number of refugees and asylum-seekers in Kharaz Camp as of 31 December 2022.

52% Of registered refugees and asylum-seekers are women and girls

2% Of registered refugees and asylum-seekers are elderly (>60 years old)

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees