More than 7000 African refugees have arrived at a refugees camp in Shabwa province during January-June 2008, Saba reported. According to a report by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Shabwa province received about 110000 African refugees since 1999. UNHCR pointed out that the total number of the African refugees in Yemen reaches 113000 refugees, while Yemeni government confirmed that it shelters more than 750000 refugees. Yemen receives every year nearly 14000 refugees, according to a statistic of the UNHCR.
