http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Yemen closes waterways in front of Africans [The Source: sana'a/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 21/02/2010] The Interior Ministry said it ordered the Coastguard and security authorities in the coastal provinces to close main waterways in front of African sneakers into Yemeni lands from the Horn of Africa, the state run almoatmer.ner has reported This measure comes within the framework of the Yemen efforts to ban terrorist elements in the Horn of Africa from entering Yemen, especially after the announcement of (militants youth organization) intention to support terrorist elements from al-Qaeda in Yemen.
The security authorities placed the Somali refugees in Yemen under control to prevent terrorist elements from the use of asylum to access into Yemeni lands, Interior Ministry said.