Saudi Arabia, Eritrea, Sudan release tens of Yemeni fishermen

HODIADHA, March 27 (Saba) - Tens of Yemeni fishermen on their boats
arrived in Hodeidah, after being kept for months in the custody of
the Saudi, Eritrean and Sudanese security authorities.

A source at the Coastguard Authority at Red Sea Sector said that ten
fishermen on two boats, one has been detained by Eritrean
authorities since last August and the second held in a Sudanese
island last February, have set free, assuring that they have arrived
at the fishing port of Hodeidah governorate.

Meanwhile, the Saudi authorities have released 14 Yemeni fishermen,
who have been captured last week in "al-Washkah" Island after strong
wind swept away their boat into the Saudi territorial waters, the
source said.

He added the Saudi authorities have expelled the fishermen after
completing the investigation procedures, while it kept the boat at
Fursan Island.

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