[News] 'Full-fledged war crime': US airstrikes kill dozens of African migrants in Yemen

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 'Full-fledged war crime': US airstrikes kill dozens of African migrants in
Yemen

The US Navy has been conducting indiscriminate attacks across Yemen nearly
every day for over a month

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APR 28, 2025 -
https://thecradle.co/articles/full-fledged-war-crime-us-airstrikes-kill-dozens-of-african-migrants-in-yemen
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Dozens of African migrants were killed
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in Yemen overnight on 27 April after US warplanes struck a detention center
housing undocumented migrants in Saada governorate.

According to Yemen’s Civil Defense, at least 68 migrants were killed and at
least 47 were injured in the attack. The center was housing 115 migrants.

The Interior Ministry of the Sanaa government said the shelter, located in
Saada’s reserve prison, was supervised by the International Organization
for Migration (IOM) and the Red Cross.

“US aircraft targeted a detention center building for Africans in Saada
Correctional Facility, leaving dozens dead and wounded. A number of those
injured were transferred to hospitals in the governorate. Security and
paramedic teams are still trying to provide first aid to others,” *Al
Mayadeen*’s correspondent in Yemen reported.

The National Committee for Refugee Affairs in Yemen said, “the strike on
Saada’s migrant shelter is a full-fledged war crime.”

The US military has yet to comment on the strike.

US warplanes have been launching deadly attacks against Yemen every day
since 15 March, when US President Donald Trump intensified the campaign
that was started by the former administration last year.

The bombing campaign comes in response to Yemen’s reimposition of a ban on
Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and elsewhere, as well as its renewal of
drone and missile attacks on Israel
<https://thecradle.co/articles/yemen-launches-hypersonic-missile-attack-on-haifa-for-first-time>
after Tel Aviv restarted the war on Gaza last month.

Over a dozen people were killed and injured in US airstrikes on the Yemeni
capital on 27 April.

On 17 April, the US Navy killed at least 74 Yemenis and injured over 100
more in strikes that targeted the Ras Issa oil port in Hodeidah.

Yemen has repeatedly targeted
<https://thecradle.co/articles/air-raids-will-not-deter-us-yemen-targets-us-aircraft-carriers-in-response-to-deadly-attacks>
US aircraft carriers in response to Washington’s campaign, which has cost
around $1 billion and has depleted weapons stocks, while failing to
significantly impact the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) and Ansarallah movement.
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