Sunday, December 27, 2009
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SANA'A (Saba) - Nearly 96 Somali refugees have arrived in Yemen, including 28 women and seven children.According to the security authorities in Hadramout governorate, an unknown smuggling boat has disembarked 85 refugees at Broom coast.
The refugees have been gathered and sent to the representative of UN High Commissioner for Refugees to be transported to the main camp of refugees in Kharaz district of Lahj governorate, the Interior
Ministry reported.
Meanwhile, the security authorities in al-Zaher district of Hodeidah governorate have arrested 11 Somalis, six of them were women.
The Somalis were planned to be taken to another governorate, the authorities said, adding that the car was seized and two Yemenis involved in the transport operation was detained as well.
The authorities said that the sea turmoil occurred in this period yearly resulted in reducing the number of the Somali refugees arrived in Yemen recently.
Yemen is considered to be a gateway for Somalis to the Middle East. It recognizes all Somalis as refugees on a "prima facie basis," meaning they are automatically granted the right to stay. But many
of those who cross the Gulf of Aden move on to Yemen's neighbours Saudi Arabia and Oman in pursuit of jobs.
The escalating numbers of refugees place increasing strain on Yemen's limited resources and pose more challenges to the government's efforts to balance its obligations under international law with the need to protect the country from illegal entry.
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