Yemen calls for more UNHCR aid to cope with refugees' needs
The Source: TAIZ,/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 15/02/2011
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Yemen called Tuesday on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to double its assistance to Yemen to cope with the refugees' needs.
During his meeting with the Director of the UNHCR's Office in Aden Bashir Khan, Taiz governor Hamoud al-Sofi briefed the UNHCR's official on the huge problems Yemen is attempting to tackle as a result of the non-stop influx of refugees to the country.At their meeting, al-Sofi held talks with Khan over several issues pertaining to the refugees arrived in Taiz coasts as well as the adopted procedures for receiving and sending the refugees to Kharaz main camp in Lahj province.In return, the UNHCR official appreciated Yemen's efforts in receiving and protecting the refugees fled fromthe Horn of Africa in spite of its economic burdens.He accented that such efforts would be considered by the UNHCR's officials, as Yemen is the only country in the Middle East that receives Somalis and other refugees from the Horn of Africa.
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