UAE recruits Socotra girls in Abu Dhabi
SOCOTRA, May 2 (YPA) – A number of girls from Socotra Archipelago have graduated, from the security side, who were trained in the United Arab Emirates, according to Post Site.
“The graduation of young girls from the security, military and public security sectors in Abu Dhabi was in the presence of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed and 10 officers of the General Security,” the Post site quoted local sources as saying.
According to the local sources, Abu Dhabi is seeking to employ about 2000 Socotra people in the UAE, and settling them with their families in order to gain loyalty to the UAE and the loyalty of relatives in Socotra.
According to the site, the UAE intensified its visits to the island recently and the delegations of so-called motherhood and childhood and the side of youth and sports, and the distribution of relief materials to win the satisfaction of the sons of Socotra and attract young people and distance from Yemen.
The site pointed out that young people from the UAE’s supporters, most of whom belong to the public security, are polishing the role of the UAE and improving its image in the archipelago.
On the depletion of wealth, the sources said that tons of fish were exported to Abu Dhabi, at the same time tons of oil derivatives and gas has been introduced to the archipelago without subjecting them to customs.
Earlier this year, the Post Site reported that the UAE had begun recruiting women from the Socotra Archipelago and sending them to Abu Dhabi for training.
In early January, security sources revealed the recruitment of public security in the archipelago of Socotra to dozens of children and young people in the new recruitment lists in the province, and revealed the UAE began to train and prepare the so-called security forces of the United Arab Emirates on the island of Socotra after the arrival Two groups of them to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi.
The training of young girls and the recruitment of young people in the UAE comes in the context of the escalation against the Saudi forces present in the archipelago, which was submitted after tension between the government of exile Hadi and the UAE, which brought troops and military equipment to the island mid-last year.
The UAE has sought to pressure ousted President Hadi to sign a 99-year contract to turn the Yemeni island of Socotra into an Emirati military base and to manage the Yemeni seaports for the same period, which Hadi rejected and then tension started between the two sides.