Oxfam: Yemen is on the brink of catastrophe

Yemen has been pushed to the brink of catastrophe by 18 months of war, Oxfam stated in their latest report.

The charity conducted a survey of 1,000 people who fled their homes and found that three-quarters said they had been forced to flee due to airstrikes and one in five said their homes had been destroyed.

The millions of displaced people are facing unemployment, mounting debts and high food prices. Forced coercion into armed groups, forced early marriages and tensions within families and communities are on the rise as a result of the war.

Almost two-thirds of those surveyed told Oxfam that close family members had been killed or had been injured as a result of the conflict.

So far over 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen since the Saudi-led operation began in March 2015.