Yemen's security authorities have taken precautionary procedures to prevent African terrorists infiltration to the Yemeni lands among the Somali daily influx, a security source said Thursday.

The source told the weekly 26september that the procedures include enhancing marine monitoring along the Yemeni coastline and the immediate register for the arrival humanitarian refugees either in the especial outlets or reception locations.Field searching campaigns will be intensified throughout the main cities in the country to hold the illegal resident refugees and deport them to their home, the source said.Late in 2009, the Somali Young Mejuhideen Movement (Harakat Al Shabaab) announced its readiness to send militants to support Al-Qaeda members in Yemen amid crackdown on them by the government supported by regional and international allies.

 Prior to the Somali movement announcement, the Yemeni counterterrorism troops raided several Al-Qaeda hideouts and training sites killing and arresting scores terrorist suspects.