Reference :
V-P-YE-E-01002
Date :
04/03/2012
Caption :
Sana'a, deportation centre. In this centre, foreigners are detained while waiting to be deported back home or have their status in the country clarified. The ICRC distributes food and hygiene items in addition to visiting the detainees.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
The ICRC distributes food and hygiene items in addition to visiting the detainees regularly to monitor their conditions of detention and treatment. It also provides contacts with their families abroad through Red Cross Messages.
ICRC website, Photo gallery, 21/11/2012
Yemen: refugees in a no man's land of waiting
The plight of asylum seekers, refugees and other foreigners can be particularly difficult when they are stranded in a conflict-affected area. Family messages, collected and delivered by the ICRC, are often a lifeline between relatives separated by borders or prison walls. Catalina Martin-Chico, winner of the first ICRC Humanitarian Visa d'or photojournalism award, went to see their situation in Yemen's capital, Sana'a, in 2012.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
5501x3667
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
