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Djibouti rights commission visits Obock shipwreck site

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Djibouti’s National Human Rights Commission, led by Ali Soubaneh Atteyeh, visited the Markazi centre for Yemeni refugees in the Obock region. The delegation then went to the site of a deadly migrant shipwreck off Djibouti’s coast, according to the Djibouti Information Agency.

A delegation from Djibouti’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), led by its president Ali Soubaneh Atteyeh, visited the Obock region on 18 October, including the Markazi centre for Yemeni refugees, before going to the site of a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Djibouti, the Djibouti Information Agency (ADI) reports.

At Markazi, the CNDH mission aimed to learn about the conditions of Yemeni refugees. The commission also said the visit was part of its mandate to promote and protect the rights of refugees, migrants and vulnerable people, according to ADI.

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