Elders of two Jubba regions call government to evacuate Somali refugees from Yemen

Traditional elders and intellectuals of two Jubba regions urged the federal government to evacuate Somali refugees who are trapped by Yemen Violence as life went from bad to worse for the Somalis living in Yemen after the on-going Saudi-led military offensive against the Houthi rebels who are fighting to take over internationally recognized government, flared up.
Elder Hassan Naaleeye, who gave interview to Goobjoog News said that it is the responsibility of the of the government to pull Somali citizen out of Yemen which slide into civil war .
He has also called people to welcome and host Somali people who are fleeing Yemen in fear for their dear lives.
“It is the government to play its role and i could have request Somali clerics, politician and intellectual people to create fundraising accounts so that people to donate and help their brotherly Somalis trapped in Yemen violence” he said.
Yemen violence
Yemen became home for ferocious fighting between the internationally recognized government and the Houthis, who have taken control of large swaths of Yemen.
The brawl claimed thousands of lives and displaced hundreds of thousands including Yemenis and Somali refugees who escaped the conflict and hardships in their country before civil war eruption in Yemen.
Since 1st April, 2423 of Somali refugees started to return home by themselves with small boats. They accused the government of ‘’failing’’ to intervene the situation of the trapped citizens.
Life went from bad to worse for the Somalis living in Yemen after the federal government revealed that it is supporting the on-going Saudi-led military offensive against the Houthi rebels who are fighting to take over internationally recognized government.
Somali government pledges
Somali government promised to dispatch ships and planes for the evacuation of Somalis caught in Yemen’s conflict.
It was on 27th April when Director of the Parliament Mohamed Iyow told Goobjoog that the parliament has approved to send two ships to evacuate Somalis in Yemen.
While other foreign nationals have been evacuated from the impoverished gulf nation, the federal government has not yet moved to evacuate its citizens despite announcing plans to bring back them home.