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IDPs in Yemen reach 0.5 million: Deputy FM
[The Source: GENEVA\Hadhramaut\Saba - Wednesday -01/Oct./2014]
Deputy Foreign Minister revealed on Tuesday that the Internally Displaced People (IDP) in Yemen have reached nearly 0.5 million people.
In his speech at the 65th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) being held in Geneva, Amir al-Aidaroos reviewed the latest political developments in the country in the light of the signing of the peace and national partnership agreement by the political parties.
Al-Aidaroos, who is also the Head of the National Commission for Refugees (NCR), reviewed services and facilities Yemen provides for over 250,000 Somali refugees and nearly 750,000 unregistered immigrants from the Horn of Africa countries.
He indicated to the political, security and economic challenges Yemen is suffering from that make Yemen incapable to bear further burdens of the continuing influx of the illegal immigrants.
He demanded the international community to support Yemen's efforts to address the burdens of the growing influx of African refugees as well as the issues of internal displacement.
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