Major General Bin Brik receives Director of the Office of High Commissioner for Refugees
SMA NEWS – ADEN THE CAPITAL
Major General Ahmed Saeed Bin Brik, Chairman of the National Assembly of the Southern Transitional Council, received today, Monday, at the assembly’s headquarters, Joel Anderson, Director of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, and his accompanying delegation.
The meeting included lawyer Niran Sooki, member of the Presidency of the Council, Vice-Chairman of the National Assembly, in which Major General Bin Brik praised the role and humanitarian work played by international organizations, in the capital, Aden and the South in general, especially the High Commissioner for Refugees, which is concerned with this category that influxes continuously to the capital, Aden, and the rest of the governorates of the South.
In the meeting, Major General Bin Brik said: “We in the South in general, and the capital, Aden, in particular, are suffering from the movements of displacement and refuge that occur on continuous basis, as it has made a great burden on public services and worsened the suffering in this sector.”
Major General Bin Brik pointed out that efforts are being made at the present time to regulate the conditions of the displaced and refugees, through the directives of the Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council, governor of the capital, Aden, Mr. Ahmed Lamlas, to establish their own compounds and camps, far from the capital, Aden, in which they will be provided with all necessary services, taking into account their choice between staying there or returning to their cities.
The Chairman of the National Assembly affirmed that the leadership of the Southern Transitional Council, represented by President Aidarous Qassem Al-Zubaidi, the President of the Council, Supreme Commander of the Southern Armed Forces, is keen to secure the lives of the teams of international organizations working in the South, and facilitating the work of their activities, so that they can perform their humanitarian work normally and to the fullest.
For his part, Mr. Anderson expressed thanks to Major General Ahmed Saeed Bin Brik for the warm reception, providing in the context a brief explanation of the work of the High Commissioner, which is providing humanitarian assistance to alleviate the suffering of refugees who suffer greatly as a result of wars and political conflicts in their cities and the difficulty of living in other cities.
