Somali prime minister welcomes “Gurmad and Gargaar” campaign spearheaded by Goobjoog News

Somali prime minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali spoke for the time about the “Gurmad and Gargaar”campaign which intended to help Somali refugees in Yemen and Kenya.
“It is good always to help one another and that is what Somali culture is based on, actually it is not suitable for people to wait for help from foreigners, in fact, I appreciate the campaign spearheaded by Goonjoog News” he said.
Speaking about the government’s plan to evacuate Somali refugees in Yemen he said that his government appointed committee to work on the repatriation process of Somalis in Yemen.
“We planned to send ships to evacuate our citizens in Yemen, during my official visit to Dubai, I discussed with that government of Dubai and they pledged that they will cover the expenses to hire two ships to withdraw Somalis in Yemen” he highlighted.
He added that there is already a ship docked at one Yemen ports and it will ferry about 900 Somalis.
“A no-fly zone has been imposed over Yemen since Operation led by Saudi start therefore Somali government has preferred to send ships rather than planes, there are no ships owned by Somali government and you know, owners of the ships are not willing to send their vessels to war-torn country, we faced some challenges like that but finally we found one ship and hopefully we are expecting to get two more ships soon” he underlined
The prime minister highlighted the case of the Forty Somali Refugees Killed By Saudi-led Bombing Campaign In Yemen and the decision by the Somalia government taken against that incident.
“We talked to the coalition about that incident and urged Saudi-led coalition to take immediate steps to minimize civilian harm during airstrikes and other military operations” he voiced.
Finally he applauded Puntland state which announced ministerial level committee to work on and closely monitor the increasing voilance in Yemen and Somali refugees arriving Puntland in large numbers.
he also plauded Somaliland administration which called its people to welcome and host Somali people who are fleeing Yemen in fear for their lives.
Due to the escalating conflict in Yemen, Somali refugees who fled Somalia’s civil war early 1990s have been pouring back to Puntland, Especially Bossaso, a port town that lies hours of ride from Yemeni’s main towns of San’a and Add’an.