PM meets UNHCR representative on refugees issues

SANA'A, Sep 03 (Saba) - Prime minister Ali Muhammad Mujawar met on
Wednesday with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR representative Mrs. Clear Borjwa.

The meeting dealt with issues in relation to improving the
conditions of refugees in Yemen particularly Somalis through
providing houses and humanitarian aid for them as well as counting
them.

The meeting discussed the possibility of issuing a refugee law.

Mujawar assessed the impact of refugees on the country's economy
specifically as refugees flow into the country in daily numbers.

He said Yemen should receive international support to be able to
deal with refugees problems, stressing the importance of
transparent contact between the government and the UNHCR and good
coordination to implement programs aimed at improving the refugees
conditions.

For her part, Porjwa praised the Yemeni efforts to cooperate on the
refugees issues and expressed the UNHCR readiness to provide
technical assistant to the Yemeni authorities. FR