Yemen African Immigrants Experience Complicated Circumstances of both being Targeted and Interpersonal Conflict 

The African immigrants live a tragic situation in Yemen, the country that experiences an open war along with economic and humanitarian deterioration since years.

The immigrants’ suffering moved from humanitarian situation into a killing interpersonal dispute. They have moved the religious and sectarian conflict from their countries into Yemen, especially that immigrants coming from Ethiopia.

Protesting and Killing

Since last week, areas at Aden and Lahj provinces, southern Yemen, live an escalating wave of clashes between the Ethiopian immigrants themselves, due to disputes broke out between two factions, that generated dead and wounded.

The protests of the African immigrants, descending from Amhara region of Ethiopia, started last Thursday in Aden city against the deteriorating living conditions, demanding to return to their homeland, according to International Organization for Migration and AFP photographer.

AFP quoted the International Organization for Migration saying: “Immigrants from Amhara region who want to return home are protesting against the suspension of return (voluntary) operations to Amhara”.

But those demands were later transformed into armed clashes among tens of African illegal immigrants coming from Ethiopia. Those clashes got extended, last Friday, to reach Saber area in Tuban of the neighbouring Lahj province.

Local sources told “Almawqea Post” correspondent that the bloody fight broke out on Friday and the African immigrants in their fight used daggers and sticks, that caused many wounded.

Residents at Saber area of Lahj, southern Yemen, launched an appeal to seize hundreds of Africans that poses a threat for the region and residents security.

Those clashes at Lahj came after hours from other army clashes at Aden city, that generated 3 immigrants dead and about 13 wounded that were transferred to the governorate hospitals for treatment.

Video clips, circulated by Yemeni activists, shown gatherings of dozens of African immigrants in Aden and Lahj, carrying sticks.