Boat Tragedy Leaves 122 Ethiopian and Somali Migrants Dead

By SkyNews, At least 112 refugees have died when a boat carrying Ethiopians and Somalians sank off the coast of the Somaliland autonomous region in northern Somalia. The sinking occurred on Friday after the vessel suffered technical problems, regional health department official Abdurahman Yasin said. ‘The coast guard rescued 75 people and local residents spotted […]

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UNHCR: Over 6000 Ethiopians Infiltrate to Yemen in 3 Months

By Qatar News Agency, THE High Commission for Refugees has announced that more than 8148 African infiltrators arrived in Yemen during the first three months of 2014. The Commission said in a report published today in Sana’a that new arrivals from the Horn of Africa to Yemen rose in March compared to the number registered during the […]

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Ethiopian Migrants Tell of Torture and Rape in Yemen

The BBC’s Yalda Hakim visits a so-called ‘Torture Camp’ in Yemen By BBC, Efta is just 17 but has experienced shocking brutality. The Ethiopian teenager survived a treacherous boat journey being smuggled across the Red Sea. But on reaching Yemen, she was kidnapped and driven at gunpoint to a mud brick house. She said: “They […]

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