[03/June/2008]

HODEIDA, June 03 (Saba) - About 29 Yemeni fishermen have come back to the country after being held in an international sea passage by Eritrean pirates, the GPC-run almotamar.net reported.

Local sources in the province of Hodeida said the Eritrean pirates had held the fishermen along with four boats.

They took away three boats and put the fishermen on the fourth to come back home. 
In May, Eritrean pirates seized five Yemeni fishing boats in the Red Sea. The governor of Hodeida Salim al-Jabali then ordered the competent authorities to recover the boats as soon as possible.

Furthermore, Yemeni fishermen suffer from baseless confiscation of their boats in international waters by Eritrean coastguards.
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