- UNHCR seeking clarification on Yemeni announcements

UNHCR seeking clarification on Yemeni announcements

October 21, 2008 - UNHCR office in Yemen is seeking clarification from the government following recent statements by the Interior Ministry that Eritreans and Ethiopians will be denied entry to the country. The statements coincide with the resumption of smuggling of people across the Gulf of Aden from the Horn of Africa - primarily Somalis, but also Ethiopians, Eritreans and other nationalities.

Yemen, a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, grants prima facie refugee status to Somalis and has until now also allowed non-Somali arrivals to seek asylum if they declare a wish to do so. Read More.