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Fire kills Ethiopian migrants at Yemen detention center
published by March 8, 2021
on Podcast.
Most of the detainees in the immigration detention center “were Ethiopians, so we can assume that most of the dead are of that nationality,” said an official from the International Organization for Migration. (Photo: Ethiopian migrants in the Yemeni capital Sana last year / Getty Images)
Bloomberg
By Samuel Gebre
Yemeni migrant detention center fire leaves 8 dead and 170 injured
At least eight people, mostly of Ethiopian origin, died in a fire at a migrant detention center in Yemen’s capital Sana’a on Sunday.
There were more than 350 migrants on a perch near the center’s main building at the time the fire broke out and at least 170 of them were injured, with many still in critical condition, the International Organization for Migration said in a statement. send by email.
“While the cause of the fire has yet to be confirmed, its impact is clearly dire,” said Carmela Godeau, IOM Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, in a statement.
Most of those detained in the immigration detention center “were Ethiopians, so we can assume that most of the dead are of that nationality,” said another IOM official, adding that the death toll could rise a lot. plus.
Most of the migrants were arrested in Yemen, while trying to cross into Saudi Arabia. More than 170,000 migrants have crossed from the Horn of Africa into Yemen since 2019, according to IOM data.
Last week, at least 20 people drowned after smugglers dumped them into the sea during a trip from Djibouti to Yemen. Similar incidents claimed 50 lives in October last year. More migrants are waiting to cross, and thousands of migrants are stranded in Yemen, according to the IOM.
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