Mocha.. displaced hopes of returning to their homes are fading
English - Tuesday 22 June 2021 الساعة 10:03 am
Mocha, NewsYemen, private:
While the displaced Majeed Saleh expresses his despair at the possibility of returning to his home in the Al-Barah area, Ahmed Ibrahim, another displaced person in Mocha, believes that the cessation of fighting left a bad impression on the inability of the displaced to return to their homes that were not freed from the Houthi militia.
Ibrahim tells Newsymen, as he stands in front of his tent in the Al-Jarf camp for the displaced, that it is impossible to return to his area in Maqbna, west of Taiz, in the presence of the Houthi militia, whose presence in his area carries indications of the possibility of arrest and torture that may lead to killing without reason.
Majid Saleh, who was speaking on the occasion of the World Refugee Day, which falls on June 20 of each year, and is celebrated by the world as a reminder of the suffering of the displaced, justifies that the Houthi militia may subject him to sessions of torture or execution in the worst cases, and that his escape from his rural village was Stemming from the feeling of that, and the oppression that civilians are subjected to.
Nasser, another displaced person, agrees that the displaced cannot return to their villages, as long as the dangers facing them remain, especially the mines planted by the Houthi militia everywhere, including traditional bread ovens.
Nasser remembers that he witnessed many people in his area being subjected to extortion, deprivation, arrest, and even torture, which created an atmosphere of insecurity, as well as heightened fears of being arrested at any moment, without reason.
He said that the Houthi militia has created an atmosphere of intimidation that makes citizens in their areas of control live in a state of constant fear, "a fear of that moment when you will be arrested, even if he is not guilty."
He believes that the international negotiations to bring peace are in fact an international trend to strengthen the survival of the Houthi militia, despite the atrocities it is committing against civilians.
He asked: "Did the Stockholm Agreement provide protection for civilians in Hodeidah from the crimes of the militias?"
Fahim places his trust in the joint forces in expelling the Houthi militia from his hometown, to feel safe while returning to his home in Kilo 16, without shells or explosives, but he says that the moment has not yet come.
About 2,750 displaced families live in Mocha, including 1,269 families residing in IDP sites and camps in the district’s 17 camps, while the rest of the families live with host families and in rented houses, according to the Executive Unit official in Mocha, Muhammad al-Masawi.
