Yemeni security authorities Tuesday captured 150 Ethiopian illegal immigrants in southern Yemen, Interior Ministry said on its website.
The 150 Ethiopians, including five women, infiltrated into Yemen through its southern seashore of Abyan and were arrested by Yemeni security authorities Tuesday.
Around 200 Ethiopian illegal migrants have been seized during the past two days in the Yemeni coasts of Taiz and Abyan provinces, according to the ministry.
Meanwhile, another 41 Ethiopians, who were trying to infiltrate into the neighboring Saudi Arabia, were seized at a security checkpoint in Marib province, northeast of the capital Sanaa.