Yemen Monitor/Newsroom:
Yemeni security forces rescued 177 African migrants, including dozens of women, from a human trafficking gang in the Bab al-Mandab area along the Red Sea coast on Monday, according to a security source cited by Xinhua News Agency.
The source, who requested anonymity, said government forces freed the migrants—most of whom are Ethiopian—from a smuggling network operating in the coastal Dhubab District of Taiz province, located 256 kilometers southwest of Sana’a.
The source added that the rescue was part of a large-scale security operation extending from Bab al-Mandab in Taiz to the coastal Ras al-Ara area in neighboring Lahj province.
According to the source, smuggling networks involving both African and Yemeni traffickers are active along Yemen’s western coastline.
These gangs frequently abduct irregular migrants arriving by boat, detaining them in private compounds where they are exploited.
