Almotamar.net - The Yemeni foreign ministry has shown its anxiety concerning the big challenges it has become facing in the current time at the economic, security and social levels because of continuation of the increase in the flow of refuges from countries of the Horn of Africa into the Yemeni territories lately, especially from Somalia.
Foreign Undersecretary for Arab, African and Asian Affairs ambassador Ali Mohammed said averages of smuggling refugees from the Horn of Africa across Aden Gulf doubled threefold last August compared to the same period in 2007.
He added that according to report of the High Commission in Sana that the operations of smuggling refugees to Yemen via the sea involved the death of hundreds if not thousands of in drowning in the sea because of the unsafe smuggling operations carried out by human merchants of pirates.
26september.net website quoting al-Ayashi as appealing for the international community, organisations, the states and parties in the agreement of refuge s affairs for the necessity of shouldering today joint and just responsibilities regarding this humanitarian issue and to take into their consideration bearing the responsibility with Yemen for this problem , especially the neighbouring countries and parties of the international agreement , the problems of refuge including accepting the refugees on their territories in accordance with just agreements to be reached in this regard.
The Foreign Undersecretary stressed that international organisations must cooperate with the High Commission.
During the first week of this October the Yemeni security authorities registered 1038 new African migrants, among them 276 women and eight children. The group included 66 Ethiopians and the rest Somalis. Also, 90 of the refugees died offshore Yemeni coasts during the same period while the Yemeni Coast Guard captured ten boats of smugglers.
It is worth mentioning that Yemen has appealed on more than world occasion the international community to stand by it to help it deal with the problem of the Somali refugees whose migration is increasing year after year as they flee the ongoing war in Somalia and that constitute pressure on Yemen's resources.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
Increasing influx of African refuges arouses fear of government
