Yemen: Large-scale refugee registration to start shortly by UN agency [Archives:2005/897/Local News]

UN News Service,22Nov. – To better protect and assist them, the Government of Yemen and the United Nations refugee agency are about to begin a large-scale operation to register thousands of refugees in Yemen, most of whom have crossed the Gulf of Aden to flee the long-term unrest in Somalia, the agency announced today.

Beginning on Sunday, six newly-created centres around the country will begin registering refugees with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Government authorities, which the agency said have been highly cooperative.

“UNHCR wishes to highlight the exemplary cooperation displayed by the Yemeni authorities in dealing with refugees