Arab Coalition: 160 African migrants transported out of Yemen through UN-sponsored flight
The Arab Coalition stated on Tuesday that a total of 160 African migrants were transported out of Yemen through an UN-sponsored flight. It also said that the flights were prepared with the international-recognized Yemeni government and enters in the coalition’s humanitarian efforts.
After that a fire produced by the Iran-backed Houthi militia killed dozens of migrants at an arrest center last week, the migrants were transported out of the country. In a statement, the coalition also said: The Houthi militia committed a gross and heinous violation of the right of migrants in Sanaa.
Furthermore, survivors and local rights activists reported that the lethal fire occurred as guards fired tear gas into the full warehouse, seeking to stop a protest against claimed abuses and ill-treatment at the facility.
However, the Houthis have not comment the incident and they have banned the United Nations migration agency from to access on the wounded migrants at hospitals.
In a statement on Twitter, the Yemeni embassy in Washington stated that it categorically condemned the heinous crime committed by the Houthi militias against African migrants detained in prisons of Houthis in Sanaa.
