Socotra (Debriefer) - The Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Tuesday asked Yemenis coming to Socotra from other Yemeni governorates to obtain residence permissions if they want to stay in the southern archipelago, local sources said.
The Emirati-backed STC also established an office in the island to register Yemeni workers from outside Socotra as foreigners, the sources added.
The separatist Council launched a special office in the island tasked with recording the data of Yemeni workers from other provinces and issuing them work permits, they said asking anonymity.
By this move, the STC aims to count Yemeni nationals from outside Socotra, prevent them from practicing any business activity, allow for loyalists to assume these works instead, and enhance Emirati ambitions in the strategic island, according to the sources.
Head of the STC office in Socotra tasked the security and military committee with forming a military squad to guard the office against any potential protests against this faultily illegal measure, they added.
Earlier on Tuesday, military patrols and armored vehicles were deployed in Socotra port and the nearby, as well as in Qulonsia district, where government supporters are hosted and many rallies were staged against the STC.
After its seizure of Aden amid Arab and international rebuff, the STC on 19 June took control of the Socotra archipelago.
