"Somali refugees in Yemen" (by Guy Calaf)

Somali refugees walk through the main market of the Besateen Shanty town in Aden, Yemen on Monday November the 26th 2007./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:11:53 +0000

Somali refugees walk through the main market of the Besateen Shanty town in Aden, Yemen on Monday November the 26th 2007./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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Somali refugees walk through the main market of the Besateen Shanty town in Aden, Yemen on Monday November the 26th 2007./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:12:34 +0000

a somali refugee works in the Besateen Shanty town in Aden, Yemen on Monday November the 26th 2007./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:13:35 +0000

a somali refugee works in the Besateen Shanty town in Aden, Yemen on Monday November the 26th 2007./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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somali children try to sell some home made food in the main market of the Besateen Shanty town in Aden, Yemen on Monday November the 26th 2007./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:14:14 +0000

somali children try to sell some home made food in the main market of the Besateen Shanty town in Aden, Yemen on Monday November the 26th 2007./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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Asli Abdulle Mohammud, 28 years old, a somali refugee, holds her 10 year old daughter in her home in the Besateen Shanty town in Aden, Yemen on Monday November the 26th 2007. Asli landed in Yemen 12 years ago arriving by boat. her Husband died in 2003 leaving her penniless and with 4 children. she lives out of neighbors donations./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:14:51 +0000

Asli Abdulle Mohammud, 28 years old, a somali refugee, holds her 10 year old daughter in her home in the Besateen Shanty town in Aden, Yemen on Monday November the 26th 2007. Asli landed in Yemen 12 years ago arriving by boat. her Husband died in 2003 leaving her penniless and with 4 children. she lives out of neighbors donations./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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a somali refugee drives back from work on a rrented public mini bus carrying his son next to him in the Besateen Shanty town in Aden, Yemen on Monday November the 26th 2007./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:15:22 +0000

a somali refugee drives back from work on a rrented public mini bus carrying his son next to him in the Besateen Shanty town in Aden, Yemen on Monday November the 26th 2007./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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new arrivals, just landed from smuggling boats departed from Somala, reach the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. Before arriving to the Kharaz camp all the new arrivals spend 3 days at the UNHCR reception center in Meifa. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:16:04 +0000

new arrivals, just landed from smuggling boats departed from Somala, reach the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. Before arriving to the Kharaz camp all the new arrivals spend 3 days at the UNHCR reception center in Meifa. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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new arrivals, just landed from smuggling boats departed from Somala, reach the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. Before arriving to the Kharaz camp all the new arrivals spend 3 days at the UNHCR reception center in Meifa. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:16:42 +0000

somali refugees study in a school in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:17:12 +0000

somali refugees study in a school in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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Mother and son, somali refugees, receive treatment in the Kharaz refugee camp clinic In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:17:55 +0000

Mother and son, somali refugees, receive treatment in the Kharaz refugee camp clinic In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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new arrivals, just landed from smuggling boats departed from Somala, reach the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. Before arriving to the Kharaz camp all the new arrivals spend 3 days at the UNHCR reception center in Meifa. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:19:14 +0000

new arrivals, just landed from smuggling boats departed from Somala, satisfy their thirst in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. Before arriving to the Kharaz camp all the new arrivals spend 3 days at the UNHCR reception center in Meifa. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:20:00 +0000

new arrivals, just landed from smuggling boats departed from Somala, satisfy their thirst in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. Before arriving to the Kharaz camp all the new arrivals spend 3 days at the UNHCR reception center in Meifa. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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a somali woman in her compound in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:20:24 +0000

a somali woman in her compound in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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Ester Abdi ali, 14 years old, somali refugee, in her tent in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:21:17 +0000

Ester Abdi ali, 14 years old, somali refugee, in her tent in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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an old hut in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:21:50 +0000

an old hut in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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children, somali refugees, play on a rare tree in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:22:27 +0000

children, somali refugees, play on a rare tree in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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a somali refugees sales some chilies in the market of the the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:23:15 +0000

a somali refugees sales some chilies in the market of the the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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men pray in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:23:46 +0000

men pray in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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A family of somali refugees gets ready for night in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:24:28 +0000

A family of somali refugees gets ready for night in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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A family of somali refugees in their home in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:25:16 +0000

A family of somali refugees in their home in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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the main market in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:25:57 +0000

the main market in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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a somali refugees shops in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:26:25 +0000

a somali refugees shops in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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a somali refugee argues with a Khat ( stimulant leaf that is chewed ) vendor in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:26:56 +0000

a somali refugee argues with a Khat ( stimulant leaf that is chewed ) vendor in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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a phone center in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:27:27 +0000

a phone center in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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a somali refugee in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden. phone center in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the rough

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:28:11 +0000

a somali refugee in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden. phone center in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the rough
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Rahima Abdi Mohammad Noor, 62 years old, from Mogadishu, living in Yemen for 10 years tells her story in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:28:34 +0000

Rahima Abdi Mohammad Noor, 62 years old, from Mogadishu, living in Yemen for 10 years tells her story in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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a man works on the carcass of a sea turtle, sold for 15 USD, in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:29:01 +0000

a man works on the carcass of a sea turtle, sold for 15 USD, in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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men clean the blood of a sea turtle, slaughtered in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:29:37 +0000

men clean the blood of a sea turtle, slaughtered in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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the new arrivals section of the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:30:06 +0000

the new arrivals section of the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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Asha Hassan Noor, a 25 years old somali refugee from Mogadishu holds her baby in her arms in her hut in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:31:12 +0000

Asha Hassan Noor, a 25 years old somali refugee from Mogadishu holds her baby in her arms in her hut in the Kharaz refugee camp In Yemen on Tuesday November the 27th 2007. THe camp, former military barracks, hosts 9000 somali refugees, most of which have become stable residents, completely dependent on humanitarian donations. Somalis are allowed to work in Yemen, but due to the a 35% unemployment rate in the country, most of them remain jobless./// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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Somali refugees just landed on Yemeni shores arrive at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin their registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:32:07 +0000

Somali refugees just landed on Yemeni shores arrive at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin their registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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a Somali refugee just landed on Yemeni shores receives a matress and blankets at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:32:54 +0000

a Somali refugee just landed on Yemeni shores receives a matress and blankets at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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Mriam Abdi Noor, 18 years old, somali refugee just landed on Yemeni shores rests at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:33:41 +0000

Mriam Abdi Noor, 18 years old, somali refugee just landed on Yemeni shores rests at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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three Somali refugees just landed on Yemeni shores rest at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:34:21 +0000

three Somali refugees just landed on Yemeni shores rest at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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Hoba Hassan Medow, 18 years old, is one of the 42 survivors of a 130 passengers boat that flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, rest at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:35:29 +0000

Hoba Hassan Medow, 18 years old, is one of the 42 survivors of a 130 passengers boat that flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, rest at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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Mariam Awaiss, 17 years old from Mogfadishu, a Somali refugee just landed on Yemeni shores rests at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:36:28 +0000

Mariam Awaiss, 17 years old from Mogfadishu, a Somali refugee just landed on Yemeni shores rests at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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Ester Abdi Erni, 21 years old, a somali refugee just landed on Yemeni shores rests at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:37:36 +0000

Ester Abdi Erni, 21 years old, a somali refugee just landed on Yemeni shores rests at the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center and begin the registration process in Yemen on thursday November the 29th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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the 42 survivors of a 130 passengers boat that flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, mount on a United Nations rented bus headed towards the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center to begin the registration process in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commission for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:38:57 +0000

the 42 survivors of a 130 passengers boat that flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, mount on a United Nations rented bus headed towards the Mayfa UNHCR ( United Nations High Commisioner for refugees ) reception center to begin the registration process in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commission for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR partner and a group of volunteers drag ashore the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:39:44 +0000

men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR partner and a group of volunteers drag ashore the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR partner and a group of volunteers drag ashore the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:40:16 +0000

a somali survivor passes near the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:40:36 +0000

a somali survivor passes near the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR partner and a group of volunteers drag ashore the body of a deaad somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:41:17 +0000

men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR partner and a group of volunteers drag ashore the body of a deaad somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR partner and a group of volunteers, mostly survivors of the tragedy, drag ashore the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:42:01 +0000

men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR partner and a group of volunteers, mostly survivors of the tragedy, drag ashore the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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two men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR drag ashore the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:42:32 +0000

two men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR drag ashore the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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two men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR drag ashore the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:43:19 +0000

two men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR drag ashore the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:44:06 +0000

two men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR drag ashore the body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:44:33 +0000

two of the of 27 somali refugees who's dead bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:45:21 +0000

two of the of 27 somali refugees who's dead bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR partner and a group of volunteers drag ashore the dead body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees that who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:45:42 +0000

men from SHS ( society for humanitarian solidarity ) a yemeni UNHCR partner and a group of volunteers drag ashore the dead body of a dead somali refugee as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees that who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Mayfa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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somali survivors rest after working as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Meifa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:46:27 +0000

somali survivors rest after working as part of an operation to recover the bodies of 27 somali refugees who's bodies washed ashore after a 130 passengers smuggling boat flipped over while approaching the Yemeni shores on the Night of Nov the 29th 2007, on the shores on the village of Meifa Haja in Yemen on Friday November the 30th 2007. the center is about 50 kms inland and hosts new arrivals for 3 days in order to give the refugees some time to eat and rest after trips by boat that can be fatal and that can last up to 5 full days. Drinking Water on the boats is scars, food non existent. the smugglers often beat up the passengers and always force them to remain still for the the entire duration of the trip. threats to be thrown overboard are a routine and often the boats flip over while approaching the yemeni shores killing most of its passengers. /// Ever since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 Somali men, women and children have been arriving at the port of Bosasso to buy passage in small open fishing boats to Yemen, where they are given automatic political asylum. The boat trip, costing from 70 to 150 usd per person, can be often fatal due to the roughness of the sea, the overcrowded boats and the merciless of the smugglers. On the night of Nov 29 2007 a small fishing boat while trying to download it's load of refugees a few hundred meters from the Yemeni shores of Meifa Haja, flipped over and was overwhelmed by the constant waves. of its 130 passengers, only 42 reached the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) refugee center in Meifa. 30 bodies where recovered the next day. the rest are still unaccounted for. UNHCR estimates more than 80.000 somali refugees live in the country residing mostly in shanty towns in Sana'a' and Aden.
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