SANA'A, Nov. 21 (Saba) - Interior Ministry has directed the Passport and Migration Authority to accelerate arrangements for departing about 194 Africans.

The Interior Ministry reported that the Africans have entered Yemen illegally.

They are from different nationalities; 144 Ethiopians, 41 Eritrean, 18 Nigerians and 20 Sudanese.

Security authorities have seized about 1,000 Africans sneaked into Yemeni lands since the beginning of 2009. This figure is not contained Ethiopian nationals.

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