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Fri, 07/24/2009 - 17:16
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Over 30 Somalis, Africans reach Yemen coasts
TAIZ, July 24 (Saba)- Over 35 Somali refugees and Africans, including 17 women, have reached the coasts of Taiz province.
The security services in the province detained 6 Ethiopians were among the
arrivals, noting that the Somalis and Africans have been compiled and then sent to
a camp of the
refugees at Kharaz area in Lahj province.
Meanwhile, Yemen seeks to make a campaign to register Somali refugees living in the
country with the aim of creating a government database and identifying illegal
African
migrants.
According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there were 152,693 refugees assisted by
UNHCR in Yemen, of whom 143,998 were Somalis, 2,919 Ethiopians and 672 Eritreans.
A Yemeni official said there were 750,000 Somali refugees and more than 300,000
African migrants (Ethiopians, Eritreans and others) in the country.
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The security services in the province detained 6 Ethiopians were among the
arrivals, noting that the Somalis and Africans have been compiled and then sent to
a camp of the
refugees at Kharaz area in Lahj province.
Meanwhile, Yemen seeks to make a campaign to register Somali refugees living in the
country with the aim of creating a government database and identifying illegal
African
migrants.
According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there were 152,693 refugees assisted by
UNHCR in Yemen, of whom 143,998 were Somalis, 2,919 Ethiopians and 672 Eritreans.
A Yemeni official said there were 750,000 Somali refugees and more than 300,000
African migrants (Ethiopians, Eritreans and others) in the country.
YA
