Yemen: Detained African Migrants Tortured, Raped

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : In November 2017, Saudi Arabia opened a major campaign to deport undocumented workers and by April 1 had apprehended over 885,000 people violating labor or residency laws, including 12,477 whom Saudi border guards caught trying to cross the border from Yemen.
50% : He intended to apply for asylum but was detained before he was able to.
45% : "Both the Yemeni authorities and the Houthis need to work with the United Nations refugee agency to establish a process that would allow African migrants to seek asylum or otherwise get needed protection," Frelick said.
43% : He still wants to apply for asylum, but said he was afraid to go to the UNHCR office, because was worried he would be apprehended en route. "
42% : "Many people in the [detention center] deserve asylum but have no way to ask for asylum."
36% : migrants and displaced people to the detention center.

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