By Human Rights Watch

This file records the tough remedy of refugees touring to Yemen and calls at the Yemeni govt to prevent systematically arresting Ethiopian asylum seekers and forcibly returning them domestic. The 53-page file additionally calls at the United international locations excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to place extra strain at the Yemeni govt to fulfill its tasks towards all asylum seekers and refugees.

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172 Ibid. 173 But simply “inviting” the Yemeni government not to exclude non-Somali nationals from its refugee-protection procedures is not an appropriate response to a policy that violates the government’s core obligation under the Refugee Convention not to deport asylum seekers. UNHCR has indicated to Human Rights Watch that it is now issuing 10-day appointment slips at Kharaz and in some particularly vulnerable cases is also conducting refugee status determinations there. 174 This, of course, should be a short-term priority and not simply a long-term goal.

Hostile Shores 40 Discrimination and Abuse Against Ethiopian Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Migrants in Yemen We are escaping from danger in our country. We are the same as other refugees, and yet we are not treated that way. We have food and water but no protection. ” —Ethiopian refugee living in Sana’a142 There are limits to the assistance that Yemen’s overburdened government can reasonably be expected to provide to the tens of thousands of refugees living on its soil. But the government discriminates against Ethiopian and other non-Somali refugees, relegating them to a second-tier refugee status that leaves them exceptionally vulnerable to harassment and abuse.

81 Human Rights Watch interviews with humanitarian workers and officials, Yemen, July 2009. 27 Human Rights Watch | December 2009 smuggling route for goods as well as people. 82 At least part of the explanation for the different approaches on the two coasts is more straightforward—it reflects the Yemeni government’s overall policy of trying to prevent Ethiopian nationals from seeking asylum in Yemen or transiting onwards through Yemen to neighboring countries. 83 If cracking down on Ethiopian asylum seekers and migrants is the goal, the Red Sea coast is the place to do it.

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