L T A holds Saudi Arabia responsible for the humanitarian repercussions of detaining thousands of expatriates

The General Authority for Regulating Land Transportation Affairs held the Saudi regime fully responsible for the humanitarian repercussions resulting from the continued detention of thousands of Yemeni expatriates in the Al-Wadiah port for more than twenty days.

In a statement the authority indicated the suffering of Yemeni expatriates going to their homeland and visiting their families as a result of the Saudi authorities’ prevention, since March 24, 2021 AD, of their entry to Yemeni lands via the Al-Wadiah land port, under the pretext that they own four-wheel drive cars.

The statement pointed out that the Yemeni stranded in the port of Al-Wadiah are living in tragic conditions, especially during the month of Ramadan, in light of the indifference of the Saudi regime … pointing out that among the stranded about a thousand and 500 expatriates with their families and the detention of nearly two thousand cars in the port of Al-Wadiah for flimsy reasons that indicate The hatred of the Saudi regime against the Yemeni people.

The statement confirmed that the Yemeni expatriates were subjected to abuse and beatings with batons and electricity sticks by the Saudi riot control forces when a number of expatriates carried out a protest stand on April 5, 2021 AD to denounce the arbitrary measures.

The General Authority for the Regulation of Land Transport Affairs called on the United Nations, humanitarian and human rights organizations, the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Organization for Migration to put pressure on the Saudi regime to stop the suffering of those stranded in the land port of Al-Wadiah and allow them to return to their homes.