58 Africans reach Yemen shore
The Source: HADRAMOUT/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 22/10/2010
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About 58 African refugees, believed to be Somalis, including 7 women and 4 children, have reached Yemeni shore, the Interior Ministry has said.
.As the flow of African refugees, mainly from the African horn countries of Somalia and Ethiopia, continues into Yemen in semi-daily numbers, the authorities previously arrested 20 Somali infiltrators in Saada province.
Infiltrators usually try to reach Saudi Arabia through Yemen. They were turned over to investigators after sneaking illegally into the country.Also, the main refugee camp in Kharaz, Lahj province, received over the last few days about 237 Africans including 34 women and 38 children who first arrived in Taiz and Shabwa provinces.On the other hand, the ministry has ordered the concerned authorities to deport 130 refugees, most of whom were Ethiopians, quickly.Between 400-500 African refugees arrive in Yemen monthly laying more burdens on Yemen's fragile economy and causing other social and security problems, it said
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