ICRC, IOM express concern over Sa'ada detention facility shelling

Saba Yemen

29-04-2025

Sana'a – Saba:
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen expressed on Tuesday its deep concern over reports that a detention facility in Sa'ada province was shelled early Monday morning.
The ICRC stated, "Yemen Red Crescent Society teams are working intensively on the ground to provide humanitarian support by evacuating the wounded to hospitals and providing necessary medical care. The teams are also making strenuous efforts to ensure dignified management of the deceased."
The ICRC confirmed that it is "in constant contact with the relevant authorities to assess the situation and address urgent humanitarian needs."
The IOM also expressed its deep sorrow "over reports of heavy loss of life in Sa'ada, Yemen."
The statement affirmed the organization's commitment to "closely monitoring the situation and standing ready to provide support as needed."
It also stressed that "it is necessary to make every possible effort to avoid harming civilians and protect the most vulnerable groups in these difficult circumstances."
The Ministry of Health and Environment of the Government of Change and Construction in Sana'a announced that the US attack targeting a shelter for illegal African migrants in Sa'ada city resulted in the deaths of 60 people and the injury of 65 others.
Official spokesman for the Ansarullah movement Mohammed Abdulsalam, considered the incident "a brutal crime committed by the US administration at dawn on Monday against innocent African migrants by bombing a shelter for them in Sa'ada, which houses more than 100 illegal migrants."
He said, "This brutality of the US administration will not cover up the military failure it is suffering in its aggression against Yemen, and continuing the aggression will not bring it any achievements."
The National Committee for Refugee Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned "the US aggression that targeted the shelter for illegal migrants in Sa'ada province on Monday with six airstrikes."
The committee affirmed in a statement that "this aggression is a full-fledged war crime and a flagrant violation of international human rights and humanitarian law, particularly the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Additional Protocol, and international conventions relating to the protection of illegal migrants."
The committee stated, "The United States of America has not only killed Yemeni citizens and targeted civilian objects in Yemen, but its heinous crimes have also extended to targeting African migrants who arrived in Yemen in search of safety and stability and were housed in a shelter center operating under the knowledge and supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Organization for Migration."
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