The UNHCR has renewed its appeal to Yemeni authorities to keep the country’s doors open to people fleeing from their own countries out of fear of persecution. The UN reports that in this year alone, tens of thousands of refugees from Ethiopia and Somalia have entered Yemen through people smuggling operations. Yemen has been receptive to such migrants in the past, but recently has begun to detain and deport non-Somalis.
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