SANAA, 9 March, 2021 (TON): On Tuesday at an immigrant holding facility fire broke out that killed around 60 people, a Houthi official said.

The media reported that Sunday ablaze also injured more than 100 people.

 The officials said that a commission has been formed by the Houthi group to probe the incident.

According to the official, the facility is for holding migrants who entered the country "illegally" before the procedure of deportation starts.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed that the fire and called for "urgent humanitarian access to migrants injured," in a statement issued on Monday evening.

"We are facing challenges accessing the injured due to an increased security presence in the hospitals. Humanitarians and health workers must be given access to support the treatment of those affected by the fire," it added.

Despite the war, Yemen has remained a transit place for several thousands of migrants traveling between Africa and Saudi Arabia. However, the IOM claimed that migrants arriving in Yemen fell from more than 138,000 in 2019 to just more than 37,500 in 2020.