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(RM) 147082218
A MILLION SHILLINGS
MAYFA'AH, YEMEN- MAY 2008 .Having been transferred from distant beaches along the Yemeni coast, Somali refugees disembark from trucks at the MayfaâÄ™ah Reception Centre.Women and children sit on plastic sheeting laid out just inside the gates; the much larger group of men squeeze into a fenced-off covered waiting area, better designed for keeping a small herd of goats out of the sun. Being nearly four oâÄ™clock in the morning, the arrivals will be only briefly registered for now, as staff take just names and nationalities. The nervous group make progress slow, and as they wait patiently, handfuls disappear off for a few minutes to an adjacent makeshift mosque, to say prayers and give thanks to God. Once the process is complete, individuals will be given a mattress and bedding as they finally lay down to a restful sleep. It has taken weeks to get this far and most are on the brink of collapse.Tomorrow the new arrivals will re-group for a talk. They will be informed of regulations atthe centre, told what to expect next and how to claim official refugee status. In addition theywill be given an informal introduction to Yemeni customs, that warns them about the risk ofrobbery and informs them of social conventions - the advice goes even so far as to suggest that they donâÄ™t urinate on a strangerâÄ™s wall. At the end of it all, each will be interviewed and their details properly logged. They are then free to spend the next few days recuperating. Their journey isnâÄ™t over yet, but it is nearing its end. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Alixandra Fazzina)
(RM) 147082213
A MILLION SHILLINGS
MAYFA'AH, YEMEN- MAY 2008 .Having been transferred from distant beaches along the Yemeni coast, Somali refugees disembark from trucks at the Mayfa'ah Reception Centre.Women and children sit on plastic sheeting laid out just inside the gates; the much larger group of men squeeze into a fenced-off covered waiting area, better designed for keeping a small herd of goats out of the sun. Being nearly four o'clock in the morning, the arrivals will be only briefly registered for now, as staff take just names and nationalities. The nervous group make progress slow, and as they wait patiently, handfuls disappear off for a few minutes to an adjacent makeshift mosque, to say prayers and give thanks to God. Once the process is complete, individuals will be given a mattress and bedding as they finally lay down to a restful sleep. It has taken weeks to get this far and most are on the brink of collapse.Tomorrow the new arrivals will re-group for a talk. They will be informed of regulations atthe centre, told what to expect next and how to claim official refugee status. In addition theywill be given an informal introduction to Yemeni customs, that warns them about the risk ofrobbery and informs them of social conventions - the advice goes even so far as to suggest that they don't urinate on a stranger's wall. At the end of it all, each will be interviewed and their details properly logged. They are then free to spend the next few days recuperating. Their journey isn't over yet, but it is nearing its end. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Alixandra Fazzina)
(RM) 147082228
A MILLION SHILLINGS
MAYFA'AH, YEMEN- MAY 2008 .Having been transferred from distant beaches along the Yemeni coast, Somali refugees disembark from trucks at the Mayfa'ah Reception Centre.Women and children sit on plastic sheeting laid out just inside the gates; the much larger group of men squeeze into a fenced-off covered waiting area, better designed for keeping a small herd of goats out of the sun. Being nearly four o'clock in the morning, the arrivals will be only briefly registered for now, as staff take just names and nationalities. The nervous group make progress slow, and as they wait patiently, handfuls disappear off for a few minutes to an adjacent makeshift mosque, to say prayers and give thanks to God. Once the process is complete, individuals will be given a mattress and bedding as they finally lay down to a restful sleep. It has taken weeks to get this far and most are on the brink of collapse.Tomorrow the new arrivals will re-group for a talk. They will be informed of regulations atthe centre, told what to expect next and how to claim official refugee status. In addition theywill be given an informal introduction to Yemeni customs, that warns them about the risk ofrobbery and informs them of social conventions - the advice goes even so far as to suggest that they don't urinate on a stranger's wall. At the end of it all, each will be interviewed and their details properly logged. They are then free to spend the next few days recuperating. Their journey isn't over yet, but it is nearing its end. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Alixandra Fazzina)
(RM) 147082223
A MILLION SHILLINGS
MAYFA'AH, YEMEN- MAY 2008 .Having been transferred from distant beaches along the Yemeni coast, Somali refugees disembark from trucks at the Mayfa'ah Reception Centre.Women and children sit on plastic sheeting laid out just inside the gates; the much larger group of men squeeze into a fenced-off covered waiting area, better designed for keeping a small herd of goats out of the sun. Being nearly four o'clock in the morning, the arrivals will be only briefly registered for now, as staff take just names and nationalities. The nervous group make progress slow, and as they wait patiently, handfuls disappear off for a few minutes to an adjacent makeshift mosque, to say prayers and give thanks to God. Once the process is complete, individuals will be given a mattress and bedding as they finally lay down to a restful sleep. It has taken weeks to get this far and most are on the brink of collapse.Tomorrow the new arrivals will re-group for a talk. They will be informed of regulations atthe centre, told what to expect next and how to claim official refugee status. In addition theywill be given an informal introduction to Yemeni customs, that warns them about the risk ofrobbery and informs them of social conventions - the advice goes even so far as to suggest that they don't urinate on a stranger's wall. At the end of it all, each will be interviewed and their details properly logged. They are then free to spend the next few days recuperating. Their journey isn't over yet, but it is nearing its end. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Alixandra Fazzina)
(RM) 147082465
A MILLION SHILLINGS
BURUM, YEMEN- MAY 2008 .Following up reports of recently disembarked migrants and refugees that often come from local fishermen, a two or three man team from NGO Society for Humanitarian Solidarity (SHS) will set out to verify sightings and provide basic assistance. Based in villages along the length of Yemen's southern shoreline, and on standby twenty-four hours a day, the teams usually respond to numerous calls every week. With the smugglers' boats often arriving en-masse when the weather is good, the alerts can come several times in a night. With each unit covering hundreds of kilometres of coast, it can sometimes take hours to reach and locate the often remote dropoff points. When SHS do arrive, they provide fresh drinking water, milk and biscuits to the weary and dehydrated arrivals, before tallying numbers and nationalities. Coordinating with UNHCR, trucks are then sent in order to transfer new arrivals to a dedicated reception centre at Mayfa'ah.For the majority of Somalis and Ethiopians arriving in Yemen, SHS are the first people they encounter, and despite the reassurances, the onward drive to Mayfa'ah can be disorientating. Huddled in the back of a tightly packed truck, passing Arabic-speaking men in uniform at checkpoints on a smooth metalled road, most of the passengers spend the entire journey looking back out across the Gulf of Aden, keeping their eyes fixed on the horizon. They have come a long way, and have survived thus far. For now though, they have no idea where they are headed. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Alixandra Fazzina)
(RM) 147082516
A MILLION SHILLINGS
BURUM, YEMEN- MAY 2008 .Following up reports of recently disembarked migrants and refugees that often come from local fishermen, a two or three man team from NGO Society for Humanitarian Solidarity (SHS) will set out to verify sightings and provide basic assistance. Based in villages along the length of Yemen's southern shoreline, and on standby twenty-four hours a day, the teams usually respond to numerous calls every week. With the smugglers' boats often arriving en-masse when the weather is good, the alerts can come several times in a night. With each unit covering hundreds of kilometres of coast, it can sometimes take hours to reach and locate the often remote dropoff points. When SHS do arrive, they provide fresh drinking water, milk and biscuits to the weary and dehydrated arrivals, before tallying numbers and nationalities. Coordinating with UNHCR, trucks are then sent in order to transfer new arrivals to a dedicated reception centre at Mayfa'ah.For the majority of Somalis and Ethiopians arriving in Yemen, SHS are the first people they encounter, and despite the reassurances, the onward drive to Mayfa'ah can be disorientating. Huddled in the back of a tightly packed truck, passing Arabic-speaking men in uniform at checkpoints on a smooth metalled road, most of the passengers spend the entire journey looking back out across the Gulf of Aden, keeping their eyes fixed on the horizon. They have come a long way, and have survived thus far. For now though, they have no idea where they are headed. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Alixandra Fazzina)
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