The Ministry of Interior's Media Center reported that three hundred illegal African, mostly Somalis, emigrants drowned off Yemen's Bab Al-Mandab coasts last Saturday.

Coast guard sources mentioned that some Somali and African emigrants survived the incident and swam until they reached Al-Mocha coasts. However, the fate of the others is still unknown.

In related news, security sources in Dhubab area noted that they arrested 32 Ethiopians, half of them women, after they had been unloaded by a smugglers' boat. These illegal immigrants are currently detained until finishing the required security measures.

According to the Ministry of Interior, over 1,100 Somali refugees have landed in Yemen during the first half of January. The number is to increase as more Somali refugees are undertaking these hazardous journeys to escape the outlawed country.