The tragedy of African migrants in Yemen

Thousands of migrants are stranded in the northern region of Yemen waiting to be transferred illegally to Saudi Arabia, and many are exposed to poverty, homelessness, and abuse.2 In their recent report Yemen's Torture Camps: Abuse of Migrants by Human Traffickers in a Climate of Impunity,3 Huma...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 384; no. 9938; p. 132
Main Authors:	Al-Khateeb, Abdulrahman A, Bux, Ahmed S, Fothan, Ahmed M, Bakather, Abdulrahman M, Alqattan, Hassan A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 12-07-2014 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Disasters - statistics & numerical data Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data Homelessness Human rights Human Trafficking - statistics & numerical data Humans Internal Medicine Migrants Poverty Refugees Transients and Migrants - statistics & numerical data Yemen - epidemiology Yemen Saudi Arabia Africa
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Summary:	Thousands of migrants are stranded in the northern region of Yemen waiting to be transferred illegally to Saudi Arabia, and many are exposed to poverty, homelessness, and abuse.2 In their recent report Yemen's Torture Camps: Abuse of Migrants by Human Traffickers in a Climate of Impunity,3 Human Rights Watch describes the tragedy of Somalian and Ethiopian migrants in Yemen, and reports severe torture and coercion.
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ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61162-4