Giving Compass' Take:

• The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reports on the disturbing conditions that refugees migrating from the Horn of Africa find themselves in when arriving in Yemen, including imprisonment and abuse.

• UNHCR is calling for unfettered access to those being held in detentions, but aid organizations and other NGOs with work around the world should raise more awareness about the active "Dangerous Crossings" campaign to deter those seeking asylum in unstable areas.

• To learn more about the obstacles to getting aid through Yemen, click here.

In excruciating pain from weeks of beatings and now suffering from gangrene and facing a leg amputation, 30-year-old Ethiopian refugee Jon* never imagined his quest for safety would result in such a horrific ordeal.

“I landed in Yemen about a month ago. I was dragged by armed men who held me captive for over a month. They beat me so badly that I lost track of what was happening,” he recounted while awaiting surgery.

Yemen is historically a country of migration, refuge and transit for people fleeing the Horn of Africa. But more than three years of conflict have plunged the country into the world’s deepest humanitarian crisis, and Jon is one of many to have crossed the Gulf of Aden in search of safety only to meet new dangers on arrival.

Last year, according to humanitarian partner data, more than 87,000 new arrivals, including refugees and migrants, crossed from the Horn of Africa to Yemen.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Tuesday warned that worsening conditions in Yemen as a result of unabated conflict, deteriorating economic conditions and increasing criminality are exposing them to harm and exploitation.

*Name changed for protection purposes

Read the full article about refugees in Yemen by Shabia Mantoo at UNHCR.