Yemen expels hundreds of Arabs and Africans

The Yemeni authorities announced that they expelled this year 1,669 persons of different nationalities who entered and stayed in Yemen illegally.

Chairman of the immigration department, Maj. Gen. Muhammad Rajeh Najjad, said on Thursday that the expulsions carried out by his department targeted people of Arab and African nationalities.

In a statement published on Thursday by September 26 daily, Rajeh added among the expelled are 22 persons who are infected with the AIDS virus, adding that the expulsion was carried out in several stages this year.