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'Gunfire everywhere': Displaced Yemenis describe terrifying journey to Djibouti

Displaced Yemenis who fled to Djibouti have been describing the fighting that forced them to leave. At least 100,000 people have left Yemen since the start of September as Iran-backed Houthi rebels advanced on the coast, seizing control of the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait.

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00:00Displaced Yemenis who fled to Djibouti have been describing the fighting that forced them to leave.
00:06At least 100,000 people have left Yemen since the start of September,
00:11as Iran-banked Houthi rebels advanced on the coast,
00:15seizing control of the strategic Bab al-Mendeb Strait.
00:19More than 2,000 people took the short but dangerous voyage across the strait to Djibouti.
00:25They described planes flying overhead and gunfire everywhere.
00:30We were completely helpless, one woman said, with no food or water.
00:35The children were terrified by the fighting and explosions.
00:39Djibouti has welcomed the refugees but says the situation is increasingly difficult.
00:45But the Yemenis are grateful to be there.
00:48The hardest part, one man said, is living in constant fear of war.
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