A record 103,000 Ethiopians and Somalis survived perilous trips across the Gulf of Aden to reach Yemen in 2011, double the number the previous year, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, despite violent upheaval in the impoverished Arab state.
January 22, 2012 11:53
Israel bans American academic Noam Chomsky from entering the west bank.
May 17, 2010 4:55
A debate is raging over whether expatriates in the Gulf should be granted long-term residency – or even citizenship.
February 15, 2010 1:38
A decrease in fertility rates combined with an imbalanced demographic could lead to UAE nationals – already a minority in their own country – disappearing altogether, warn experts.
February 4, 2010 1:08