Thursday, September 17, 2009

Yemen to show experience in accommodating African refugees

SANA'A, Sep. 16 (Saba) - Yemen is to show its experience in accommodating the African refugees in the 60th session of the executive committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to be held from September 28th to October 2nd.

Deputy Foreign Minister, head of the National Committee of Refugees Affaires, Ali Muthana will represent Yemen in the meeting that will discuss the development in the refugees' situations all over the world.

Muthana told the weekly 26 September that Yemen's speech that he will deliver would request the international community to pay more attention to the mixed migration in Gulf of Aden.

He said that he will call on the international community to look for solutions in this regard; including assisting the Yemeni government to establishing new camps for refugees and qualifying coastguards in rescue operations as well as setting up a vocational training center for refugees.

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