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<div class="gmail-inner-article-top"><h1 class="gmail-">'Full-fledged war crime': US airstrikes kill dozens of African migrants in Yemen</h1><p class="gmail-">The US Navy has been conducting indiscriminate attacks across Yemen nearly every day for over a month</p><div class="gmail-another-name"><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9" style="color:rgb(164,4,4)">News Desk</a></p></div><div class="gmail-another-name" style="margin-top:16px"><p><span style="color:rgb(84,88,94)">APR 28, 2025 - </span><font size="1"><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/full-fledged-war-crime-us-airstrikes-kill-dozens-of-african-migrants-in-yemen">https://thecradle.co/articles/full-fledged-war-crime-us-airstrikes-kill-dozens-of-african-migrants-in-yemen</a></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-img"><img src="https://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/87bbefe0-2421-11f0-ba91-00163e02c055.webp" alt="" width="394" height="222" style="margin-right: 0px;"><span>(Photo credit: X)</span></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-content"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-8 gmail-col-sm-7"><div class="gmail-article-content"><span class="gmail-article-body"><p>Dozens of African migrants were <a href="https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86--%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%89-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%81-%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A">killed</a>
in Yemen overnight on 27 April after US warplanes struck a detention
center housing undocumented migrants in Saada governorate. </p><span></span><p>According
to Yemen\u2019s Civil Defense, at least 68 migrants were killed and at least
47 were injured in the attack. The center was housing 115 migrants. </p><p>The
Interior Ministry of the Sanaa government said the shelter, located in
Saada\u2019s reserve prison, was supervised by the International Organization
for Migration (IOM) and the Red Cross.</p><p>\u201cUS 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,\u201d <i>Al Mayadeen</i>\u2019s correspondent in Yemen reported. </p><p>The National Committee for Refugee Affairs in Yemen said, \u201cthe strike on Saada\u2019s migrant shelter is a full-fledged war crime.\u201d </p><p>The US military has yet to comment on the strike. </p><p>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.</p><p>The
bombing campaign comes in response to Yemen\u2019s reimposition of a ban on
Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and elsewhere, as well as its renewal of
drone and missile attacks on<a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/yemen-launches-hypersonic-missile-attack-on-haifa-for-first-time"> Israel</a> after Tel Aviv restarted the war on Gaza last month.</p><p>Over a dozen people were killed and injured in US airstrikes on the Yemeni capital on 27 April. </p><p>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. </p><p>Yemen has repeatedly <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/air-raids-will-not-deter-us-yemen-targets-us-aircraft-carriers-in-response-to-deadly-attacks">targeted</a>
US aircraft carriers in response to Washington\u2019s 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.</p></span></div></div></div></div>
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