The appeal comes as officials at the Markazi camp, jointly administered by the Djiboutian government and the UN, prepare for the arrival of up to 10,000 refugees following a ten-day surge in crossings. The UN International Organisation for Migration reported that people are travelling on overcrowded boats and arriving with very limited food and water.
Ibrahim Issa, a 50-year-old fisherman from the Yemeni coastal town of Dhubab, which sits on the front lines between Houthi forces and Saudi-backed pro-government fighters, is among those who have made the journey. He fled with his family and several goats on his own fishing boat.
"How could I just sit there when my kids are screaming and shaking in terror?" Issa told the BBC from inside a vast open-sided warehouse in the camp, where families sit on tarpaulins spread over sandy floors. "When the sound of the planes start, and the kids hear the planes, they begin shouting and screaming. As parents it is our responsibility, what can you do when you see this? That is why we fled, to save them."
The crossings were sparked by a lightning offensive by the Iran-backed Houthi movement aimed at taking control of a key island and seizing the strategically important port of Mokha. The escalation has been accompanied by air raids and ground fighting that have driven thousands from their homes along the west coast, with the Houthis also launching attacks that triggered Saudi Arabia's first air raid alerts for Riyadh in years.