Preparations have got underway to take back home Yemenis who have been stranded in foreign countries for more than a month, a journalist said on Sunday.
Yaseen Al-Tamimi, a Yemeni journalist in Turkey, said on his Facebook page that a pilot from the Yemenia Airways had arrived in Djibouti to start flights for the Yemeni passengers stranded in Cairo, Mumbai and Amman.
Quoting reliable sources, Al-Tamimi said schedules of the flights have been prepared and that the first stage will be taking people from the three cities into the Saudi city of Jazan.
Saudi Arabia will be responsible for transferring the stranded passengers from Jazan into Yemen, he said, while adding the Yemeni planes will be responsible only for carrying the passengers from the three cities into Jazan.
The flights are expected to start on Monday, he said.
Tens of thousands of Yemeni people have been stranded in many countries because of the blockade on the country's sea and air ports.
The blockade was imposed by the Saudi-led Arab coalition as part of a military operation against Houthi militants and dissident forces. The operation was launched around a month ago.
Many of the stranded people are facing problems including lack of funds for stays and spending in other countries mainly because of insufficient aid provided by some businessmen, charitable organizations and host countries, according to activists.
Some activists have posted pictures for some stranded including an old man lying near the Yemeni embassy in Egypt.
Under the picture, activists said the man did not find who can help him.
Shortly after the blockade was brought into effect, networks of Yemeni activists living abroad were formed to help accommodate and guide the stranded.