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Awash
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Digital Weyane
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Re: US says Iran attacked Saudi oil refineries, Yemen rebels say they did - so who was it?
My greatest worry is the US imposing sanctions on our Democratic Republic of Greater Tigray for sending our Tegaru youth to Yemen to join the Houthi militia.
Yemeni military sources have accused the Huthi militias of training Tegaru mercenaries in Hodeidah in the west of the country, noting that militias pay recruits $ 100 a month.
Migrants in Yemen .. Detention centers and terrible conditions
Thousands of migrants held in Yemen, mostly Ethiopians, live in difficult living conditions. The United Nations has called for their release. There are renewed fears that some of the immigrants will be forced to fight in the war.
More than 2,500 migrants are still trapped in a detention center in Aden, southern Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday (May 15). Yemeni authorities have been holding migrants for more than two weeks in Aden and Lahj, Of the internationally recognized government.
Most Ethiopian immigrants and asylum-seekers are held at a football stadium in Aden, where the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says conditions there are "inhuman". It added that it had secured more than 30 latrines on the playground and provided clean water. However, the organization's spokeswoman in Yemen, Olivia Hedon, says the detainees have not been able to change their clothes or get basic necessities for hygiene. "We are concerned about the spread of infectious diseases if current living conditions continue," she said.
A relief worker told Migrant News that pictures from Aden highlighted the appalling conditions for the refugees' lives there. The pictures show "how the refugees queue up for food, next to a garbage dump, without toilets." "The reports also showed sexual assaults on women at the site," the relief worker said.
In addition to health risks, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is concerned about the control of the military by the army, demanding that the management of the detention sites be handed over to a civilian authority. On 30 April, guards opened fire on some detainees in the facility, leaving a teenager with blood as a result of serious injury. Hidon says the agency also calls for women to be guardians of refugee women held there.
According to Selatan Begum, of the Norwegian Refugee Council in Sana'a, the detention of migrants, including 800 children, has created a very humane situation. "The Norwegian Refugee Council is deeply concerned about the conditions in which these people are being held, with water shortages, lack of sanitation and poor services in general," she says.
According to reports, the authorities have released some refugee children to be sponsored by UNICEF, but the organization has not been able to find a place to host children abroad, so it has resorted to tents on the playground. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), it is not possible to confirm further reports that 500 people were released in Abyan on Wednesday.
Diseases are common among detainees
According to Hedon, the IOM is still trying to ascertain the fact that 1,400 migrants have been released from a third camp in Lahj in recent days. The international organization was denied access to the camp because of its use by the military. According to reports from there, some refugees have been exposed to cholera and acute diarrhea, and at least 14 people have died since 1 May from complications related to the disease. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says it treats more than 70 former detainees in a hospital in Lahj. Cholera is widespread because of contaminated food or unhealthy drinking water, and can kill many people within hours if left untreated.
There have been reports that detained African migrants are being recruited to fight in the war. Government forces backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been battling Houthi militias allied with Iran for more than four years. A source for Migrant News said there were "doubts" that the detainees hated to join the fight. Yemeni military sources have accused the Huthi militias of training African mercenaries in Hodeidah in the west of the country, noting that militias pay recruits $ 100 a month.
From poverty to persecution
There are thousands of stranded migrants all over Yemen. Some live in rented dwellings in cities, while others work as domestic servants in local Yemeni families to provide for a living. Hedon says some people crossing the country are forced to sleep in the open or in the homes determined by their smugglers.
Despite the humanitarian crisis caused by the civil war, people continue to migrate from the Horn of Africa to Yemen at the rate of 20,000 immigrants per month, according to the International Organization for Migration. In the first quarter of this year, there were about 150,000 arrivals, mostly from Ethiopia and Somalia.
Humanitarian groups say migrants are leaving their country because of unemployment, drought, conflict and human rights abuses. "Many of the people we talk to tell us there are no jobs in their country," she says. "They say they want to make their future better than their parents'."
"When you travel from Djibouti to Obok, what is surprising is how many young people are walking ... on their way to Yemen," says Sultana Begum of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
The risks faced by migrants while crossing the sea and land in Yemen in an attempt to reach other countries in the Gulf include kidnapping, extortion, trafficking or detention, or even death before arrival. "Only two weeks ago my colleagues told me about tragic situations where migrants sank into the sea," Begum says.
Another tragedy is that some migrants do not know there is a conflict in Yemen, or they do not know what it is. "Smugglers come to their villages and sell them the dream of getting opportunities in the Gulf states," Hedon says. The campaign of migrant arrests, which began in April, is believed to be aimed at returning Africans, whom the authorities say are in the country illegally.
This week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said it hoped that 237 Ethiopians would turn to Addis Ababa as part of a voluntary repatriation program. "We do not think the refugees are in a position to make sound decisions about their future and opportunities to go to other areas voluntarily," Begum said. "The Norwegian Refugee Council in Sana'a believes that other solutions are needed. There are still migrants in poor conditions."
Yemeni military sources have accused the Huthi militias of training Tegaru mercenaries in Hodeidah in the west of the country, noting that militias pay recruits $ 100 a month.
Migrants in Yemen .. Detention centers and terrible conditions
Thousands of migrants held in Yemen, mostly Ethiopians, live in difficult living conditions. The United Nations has called for their release. There are renewed fears that some of the immigrants will be forced to fight in the war.
More than 2,500 migrants are still trapped in a detention center in Aden, southern Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday (May 15). Yemeni authorities have been holding migrants for more than two weeks in Aden and Lahj, Of the internationally recognized government.
Most Ethiopian immigrants and asylum-seekers are held at a football stadium in Aden, where the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says conditions there are "inhuman". It added that it had secured more than 30 latrines on the playground and provided clean water. However, the organization's spokeswoman in Yemen, Olivia Hedon, says the detainees have not been able to change their clothes or get basic necessities for hygiene. "We are concerned about the spread of infectious diseases if current living conditions continue," she said.
A relief worker told Migrant News that pictures from Aden highlighted the appalling conditions for the refugees' lives there. The pictures show "how the refugees queue up for food, next to a garbage dump, without toilets." "The reports also showed sexual assaults on women at the site," the relief worker said.
In addition to health risks, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is concerned about the control of the military by the army, demanding that the management of the detention sites be handed over to a civilian authority. On 30 April, guards opened fire on some detainees in the facility, leaving a teenager with blood as a result of serious injury. Hidon says the agency also calls for women to be guardians of refugee women held there.
According to Selatan Begum, of the Norwegian Refugee Council in Sana'a, the detention of migrants, including 800 children, has created a very humane situation. "The Norwegian Refugee Council is deeply concerned about the conditions in which these people are being held, with water shortages, lack of sanitation and poor services in general," she says.
According to reports, the authorities have released some refugee children to be sponsored by UNICEF, but the organization has not been able to find a place to host children abroad, so it has resorted to tents on the playground. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), it is not possible to confirm further reports that 500 people were released in Abyan on Wednesday.
Diseases are common among detainees
According to Hedon, the IOM is still trying to ascertain the fact that 1,400 migrants have been released from a third camp in Lahj in recent days. The international organization was denied access to the camp because of its use by the military. According to reports from there, some refugees have been exposed to cholera and acute diarrhea, and at least 14 people have died since 1 May from complications related to the disease. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says it treats more than 70 former detainees in a hospital in Lahj. Cholera is widespread because of contaminated food or unhealthy drinking water, and can kill many people within hours if left untreated.
There have been reports that detained African migrants are being recruited to fight in the war. Government forces backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been battling Houthi militias allied with Iran for more than four years. A source for Migrant News said there were "doubts" that the detainees hated to join the fight. Yemeni military sources have accused the Huthi militias of training African mercenaries in Hodeidah in the west of the country, noting that militias pay recruits $ 100 a month.
From poverty to persecution
There are thousands of stranded migrants all over Yemen. Some live in rented dwellings in cities, while others work as domestic servants in local Yemeni families to provide for a living. Hedon says some people crossing the country are forced to sleep in the open or in the homes determined by their smugglers.
Despite the humanitarian crisis caused by the civil war, people continue to migrate from the Horn of Africa to Yemen at the rate of 20,000 immigrants per month, according to the International Organization for Migration. In the first quarter of this year, there were about 150,000 arrivals, mostly from Ethiopia and Somalia.
Humanitarian groups say migrants are leaving their country because of unemployment, drought, conflict and human rights abuses. "Many of the people we talk to tell us there are no jobs in their country," she says. "They say they want to make their future better than their parents'."
"When you travel from Djibouti to Obok, what is surprising is how many young people are walking ... on their way to Yemen," says Sultana Begum of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
The risks faced by migrants while crossing the sea and land in Yemen in an attempt to reach other countries in the Gulf include kidnapping, extortion, trafficking or detention, or even death before arrival. "Only two weeks ago my colleagues told me about tragic situations where migrants sank into the sea," Begum says.
Another tragedy is that some migrants do not know there is a conflict in Yemen, or they do not know what it is. "Smugglers come to their villages and sell them the dream of getting opportunities in the Gulf states," Hedon says. The campaign of migrant arrests, which began in April, is believed to be aimed at returning Africans, whom the authorities say are in the country illegally.
This week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said it hoped that 237 Ethiopians would turn to Addis Ababa as part of a voluntary repatriation program. "We do not think the refugees are in a position to make sound decisions about their future and opportunities to go to other areas voluntarily," Begum said. "The Norwegian Refugee Council in Sana'a believes that other solutions are needed. There are still migrants in poor conditions."
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Digital Weyane
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Re: US says Iran attacked Saudi oil refineries, Yemen rebels say they did - so who was it?
I know my Digital Weyane brother Awash loves Iran, the only country that is arming the Yemeni Houthi militia fighting against the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. But I failed to see Tigray's interest in the proxy war between Iran and Saudi. I don't think the $100 a month our Tegaru mercenary refugees are paid will help our Tigray declare its independence. I'm sure brother Weyane Awash knows what's going on, but is it really worth taking the risk of getting slapped by a sanction that can definitely put our country Tigray down to its knees ??
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Awash
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Re: US says Iran attacked Saudi oil refineries, Yemen rebels say they did - so who was it?
The shiriTam Wahabi is sh!!ting in his pants.