article_snippet.sent: The humanitarian situation is worsening all the time, with increasingly limited access to water, basic sanitation and critical health services," a statement quoted UNICEF Yemen representative Julien Harneis, speaking from Amman, Jordan, as saying.
article_snippet.sent: Aid agencies have been saying that supplies were desperately needed, but getting Aid agencies into Yemen in the midst of regional turmoil was difficult.
article_snippet.sent: Many more are reportedly trying to make the trip but are hampered by fuel shortages and high fees by boat operators.
article_snippet.sent: It said that, as demand increases, the boats attempting the dangerous crossing are likely to become more crowded -- a crossing that has historically been made in the other direction, by people fleeing Africa in favor of Yemen .
article_snippet.sent: Many Yemenis are attempting the trip in rickety fishing boats.
article_snippet.sent: Security in the country, which is on the Arabian Peninsula, deteriorated sharply last month when Houthi rebels advanced on Sanaa and the port city of Aden, forcing President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi to flee Yemen.