HODIADHA, March 27 (Saba) - Tens of Yemeni fishermen on their boats arrived in Hodeidah, after being kept for months in the custody of the Saudi, Eritrean and Sudanese security authorities.

A source at the Coastguard Authority at Red Sea Sector said that ten fishermen on two boats, one has been detained by Eritrean authorities since last August and the second held in a Sudanese island last February, have set free, assuring that they have arrived at the fishing port of Hodeidah governorate.

Meanwhile, the Saudi authorities have released 14 Yemeni fishermen, who have been captured last week in "al-Washkah" Island after strong wind swept away their boat into the Saudi territorial waters, the source said.

He added the Saudi authorities have expelled the fishermen after completing the investigation procedures, while it kept the boat at Fursan Island.

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