(SomaliNet) 200 Somali immigrants convicted of crimes have been deported from Yemen to Somalia, Somali councilor in Yemen Hussein Haji said on Thursday. Before expelling from the country, all the deportees were accused of robbery and drug dealing while some of them had been in Sanaa jails. Mr. Hussein told the local media that the deported refugees were collected from the refugee camps and inside the town where they were caught in the acts of wrongdoing. “Most of them were drug addicted and here the government of Yemen introduced a tough law on the drug consumption and dealing,” said Hussein.
The Yemeni government estimates that up to 10,000 Somalis arrive every year. Most of them live in urban areas, where they are self-supporting. Some 10,000 are being cared for in UNHCR's Al Kharaz camp near Aden.
| Soon to be turned into Paleos. |
| Just how bad does your home country have to suck when you look to Yemen as the promised land? |