Officials attend an opening of shelter for illegal immigrants in Sa’ada Governorate

Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation, Ibrahim Al-Hamli, and the Inspector General of the Ministry of Interior, Major General Abdullah Al-Hadi, inaugurated a shelter for illegal immigrants in Saada.

During the inauguration, Al-Hamli explained that the opening of the center, which was provided by the Immigration and Passports Authority, comes in the interest of the Supreme Political Council, and its keenness to solve the problem of the influx of illegal immigrants to the governorate, so that they are gathered there in preparation for their deportation.

Al-Hamli stressed the interest in illegal immigrants, calling on the organizations concerned with immigrant affairs to play their role towards illegal immigrants, and to provide the necessary support to the center in the health, shelter and other aspects.

He indicated that the Humanitarian Affairs Council will work to follow up the organizations by working to provide the necessary support to the center and provide its needs.

In turn, the head of the Immigration and Passports Authority, Major General Ismail Al-Moayyed, indicated that the illegal immigrants who flow into Yemen represent a security, social, and economic problem.

He stated that the Ministry of the Interior deals with illegal immigrants in accordance with international laws and standards, through the measures taken by the Immigration and Passports Authority, represented by gathering them in shelter centers in preparation for their deportation to their countries.

Major General Al-Moayad pointed out that Saada is one of the governorates that large numbers of illegal immigrants arrive to. He said, “For this reason, the shelter center was established in the governorate, funded by the Immigration and Passports Authority, consisting of four sections, with a capacity of approximately 600 people, and it meets the required humanitarian conditions.” .

He stressed that the concerned international organizations did not fulfill their duty towards the illegal immigrants in Yemen, and that the deportation of illegal immigrants to their countries is one of the organizations’ tasks and they have international support to carry out this.