24/12/2025
Somali migrants in Yemen long to return home
In makeshift homes lacking even the most basic necessities surrounded by piles of rubbish and flanked by dirt roads, thousands of Somalis in Yemen live in poverty in Aden's 'Little Mogadishu'. Yemen is not a destination in itself for migrants but a way station for those leaving East Africa in the hopes of reaching the Gulf states and working in construction or as domestic staff. But with security along its borders tight, many struggle to make it out of Yemen. During the day, the men fan out across the city and line the roads looking for work in the de facto capital of government-controlled Yemen, where more than a decade of war has led to mass...
