Ten Somalis drown on their way to Yemen

Ten Somalis drown while they were battling to reach to the Yemeni beaches last Sunday, said official sources at the Yemeni Coast Guard.

The source also said that about 479 Somali refugees, including 88 children and women, had arrived in the provinces of Shabwa, Abyan and Hadramout last Saturday, Sunday and Monday. 

According to the sources, of the ten drowned Somali refugees, "Eight bodies were found in Shabwa province and two bodies in Abyan", said the sources. 

The majority of Somali refugees land safely on the beach at Bir Ali in Yemen, but hundreds of survivors is being forced overboard in deep water far from shore by unscrupulous people traffickers. 

The Somali refugees were provided with emergency medical care, registered by the UN, and given the option of free transit to Kharaz refugee camp, about 150km west of Yemen's commercial capital, Aden.

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