Taiz, Yemen. 27 December 2019. Migrants from the Horn of Africa are detained in the central prison of the southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz. More than 78 African migrants, the majority of whom are from Ethiopia, are presently held in Taiz central prison. The migrants have been facing difficult conditions including poverty and deteriorating health issues in a country torn by war since 2015, and they have been appealing to the international community and to humanitarian organizations to intervene to return them to their countries. The over five-year-long war in Yemen, has not only devastated the


Taiz, Yemen. 27 December 2019. Migrants from the Horn of Africa are detained in the central prison of the southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz. More than 78 African migrants, the majority of whom are from Ethiopia, are presently held in Taiz central prison. The migrants have been facing difficult conditions including poverty and deteriorating health issues in a country torn by war since 2015, and they have been appealing to the international community and to humanitarian organizations to intervene to return them to their countries. The over five-year-long war in Yemen, has not only devastated the lives of Yemenis but also that of migrants from the Horn of Africa who have often been stranded in Yemen since the start of the conflict


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