Somalis Fleeing To Yemen Prompt New Worries In Fight Against Al-Qaeda -- Washington PostKHARAZ, YEMEN -- Thousands of Somali boys and teenagers fleeing war and chaos at home are sailing to Yemen, where officials who have long welcomed Somali refugees now worry that the new arrivals could become the next generation of al-Qaeda fighters.
As the United States deepens its counterterrorism operations in Yemen, officials are concerned that extremists could find growing Somali refugee camps fertile ground for recruiting. U.S. and Yemeni authorities also fear that Islamist fighters from Somalia could slip into the country among the throngs of refugees, deepening ties between al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen and the particularly hard-line militants of Somalia.
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More News On The Flow of Refugees to Yemen
Yemen fears Somali refugee militancy -- UPI
Somalia, Like Yemen, Growing as Training Ground for Terrorists -- FOX News
Somalis in Yemen al Qaeda's Next Recruits? -- CBS News
My Comment: Yemen has a 50% unemployment rate, poverty and destitution, and a civil war ongoing in the north of the country ..... but Somalis still prefer to live there than Somalia.
Makes you realize how bad Somalia (actually) is.
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