Somali refugees washing up on Yemen's shores

Vanguard correspondents Christof Putzel and Kaj Larsen first ventured toSomalia in the summer of 2006 during a brief period of fragile stability.They discovered that peace reigned in the capital for a few weeks after 15years of bloody civil war in what the world labeled a failed state.Shortly after they left the country, however, Ethiopian forces backed by USair power invaded Somalia to drive the ruling Islamic Court Union out of thecapital, Mogadishu. Somalia plunged back into war.Threatened by renewed violence and devastating poverty, countless Somalisonce again fled their homes in search of peace and security. Tens ofthousands try to escape in small boats across the dangerous Gulf of Aden. AsChristof and Kaj found on a return to the region, many don't make it, andthose who do face an uncertain future in the vast, alien desert of Yemen...more..http://tv.oneworld.net/2009/03/13/somali-refugees-washing-up-on-yemens-shores/