Source: Xinhua| 2019-04-16 01:28:26|Editor: Mu XuequanVideo Player CloseSANAA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- At least 60 Ethiopian illegal migrants, including 37 women, were stranded in war-torn Yemen, detained and they are seeking help to be repatriated, local news website Almasdaronline reported on Monday. Idris said they reached Yemen in March through a smuggling boat from Djibouti to the Yemeni southwestern province of Lahj on the Red Sea. In November 2018, The Ethiopian authorities said they repatriated more than 400 illegal migrants from Yemen in cooperation with IOM. African illegal migrants looking for better income chances were using Yemen as a transit point to their final destination, Saudi Arabia. The illegal migrants reportedly face abuses by smugglers and other criminals, including arbitrary detention.

Source: Ethiopian News April 15, 2019 17:26 UTC