From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Fri Nov 20 2009 - 15:24:31 EST
Yemen to investigate Africans who fought troops in support of rebels
[20/November/2009]
SANA'A, Nov. 20 (Saba) – Yemen is to start in the next few days
investigating 26 Somalis who were held while fighting the troops in support
of the Houthi insurgents in the north.
The information center of the Interior ministry said the Africans were
arrested during the fresh confrontations with the rebels which started in
August this year.
After their arrest, the authorities in Saada sent the arrestees to the
Central Jail in Sana'a for prosecutors to complete investigations of them.
On the other side, the Interior ministry has ordered the Migration, Passport
and Nationality Authority to arrange for the deportation of 194 Africans who
illegally entered Yemen this year.
Those to be deported included 114 Ethiopians, 41 Eritreans, 14 Nigerians and
20 Sudanese. They also included 16 women, 15 Ethiopians and one Eritrean.
So far this year, the Yemeni authorities arrested about 1000 Africans who
infiltrated into it illegally, most through the Midy port in Hajjah in the
north.
FR
Saba
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