Yemeni Ministry of Interior stated that it had arrested 46 Somali refugees, including 16 females. Its Security Media Center website reported that the captives are 31 refugees, including 9 females, who had arrived to the coast of Dhubab in Taiz.
It added that security authorities gathered them on the coast, then they were sent to the main refugee's camp that accommodates Somali refugees in Kharaz area of Lahj province.
The security services revealed that other 15 Somalia refugees, including 7 women were caught in Bagel Directorate of Hodeidah Governorate; while the security authorities still having them for legal proceedings.
Meanwhile, the Immigration and Passport Department of Shabwa province intents to transfer 11 Ethiopian infiltrators were caught earlier, to the capital Sana'a to complete the procedures of their deportation to their country Ethiopia.
As part of the efforts of combating terrorism, security services had tighten security measures and procedures to put the Somali refugees and the African infiltrators under security control. However, these measures are mainly against the flood of terrorist elements from the Horn of Africa within the convoys of refugees and infiltrators arriving in Yemen.