African migrants in yemen 'a commodity' for people smugglers - iom

African migrants in yemen 'a commodity' for people smugglers - iom

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> They have nothing but the hope of opportunity far from their > rural homes and can only afford and access a deadly migration route > through a conflict-zone. — read my full 


statement on the > situation of migrants in Yemen: https://t.co/adO6ao40XZ > — Mohammed Abdiker (@AbdikerM) May 8, 2018 > #Yemen-i authorities have deported people en masse — 


including > refugees and asylum seekers — out to sea in dangerous > conditions. >  > This year, dozens of Somalis died this way. >  > Those who deported them — using 


smugglers — are responsible > for these deaths. > — Kristine Beckerle (@K_Beckerle) April 18, 2018 In August 2017, Ethiopian and Somali teenagers were forced into the sea by smugglers


off the coast of Yemen and drowned. Cholera is spreading across the country, blamed on the civil war which still rages, by October 2017, it was predicted that 800,000 people were affected by


 the disease. > Children during the Oral #Cholera Vaccination Campaign are proud > to show their vaccination cards. We are working to ensure the > children of #Yemen are protected 


against the cholera outbreak, the > largest and fastest-spreading outbreak of the disease in modern > history. pic.twitter.com/lYMIkxzQgO > — WHO Yemen (@WHOYemen) May 9, 2018


"Yemen is experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world; it is obviously not a safe route for migrants, nor is it safe for Yemenis themselves in many areas," Mr. Abdiker


said. > Yemen is experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world; > it is obviously not a safe route for migrants, nor is it safe > for Yemenis themselves in many areas >


 — Mohammed Abdiker (@AbdikerM) May 8, 2018 READ MORE: UK ACCUSED OF SECRETLY DELIVERING ARMS TO MIDDLE EAST — REPORTS Yemen's civil war deepened in 2015 when a Saudi-led coalition


intensified military operations against Houthi rebels who control the capital Sana'a, the United Nations stated. > It's the most crowded street in #Sanaa the capital of #Yemen, 


it was > during rush hour, #Saudi fighter jets bombed civilans and left tens > of civilans between killed and wounded violating all international > humanitarian laws!! 


pic.twitter.com/Kvk0mjpbSL > — Maha Nagi (@MahaNagi) May 7, 2018 "The Secretary-General reminds all parties to the conflict that they must uphold international humanitarian law,


including taking steps to protect civilians," said a statement issued on behalf of the Secretary General, by his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. > #Yemen has been one of the most 


disproportionately under-reported > humanitarian emergencies in Western media, despite the #UN calling > it the world's worst man-made crisis. Yet because the suffering is > so


 overwhelming, it is now impossible to hide what is going > on there. > — Jon Fenton-Harvey (@jfentonharvey) May 8, 2018 READ MORE: UK ACTIVISTS WIN APPEAL AGAINST ARMS SALES TO SAUDI


ARABIA AMID YEMEN WAR According to the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) the Saudi-led coalition has been using British supplied fighter planes since the beginning of its military operation


against Houthi rebels in Yemen in 2015.  If migrants don't fall prey to the criminal gangs and people smugglers, they find themselves in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, a cholera


epidemic and conflict zone.