| Submit your comments on this article |
| Arabia |
| Yemen: 122 Ethiopians deported after a month's detention |
| 2007-02-01 |
| (IRIN) - Yemeni authorities deported 122 illegal migrants from Ethiopia along with 129 Somalis on 30 December, an official at the Immigration Authority said on condition of anonymity. This news ended a monthÂ’s speculation over the whereabouts and condition of these asylum seekers. "The 122 Ethiopians who entered the country illegally were deported after representatives from the Ethiopian Embassy in Sana'a visited them and processed their documents," the Yemeni official told IRIN on Tuesday. The Ethiopians had arrived at YemenÂ’s Bir Ali coast on 27 November 2006. They had spent two days at sea in rickety fishing boats crossing the shark-infested Gulf of Aden. On arrival in Yemen, they were immediately apprehended by security forces and sent to the immigration authorities in Attaq, Shabwa governorate. From there they were taken to the northern governorate of Amran, where they spent about a month in the central prison. The immigration official said this was for security reasons. |
| Posted by:Fred |