The run on embassies explains the difficult job of consuls and the stringent measures taken. It also explains the forgery of visas that has become a common problem. As soon as they land, many Yemenis try to ask for political asylum. As a result of the bad conditions at home, the nation of Yemen has lost a rising number of its best people. The drain continues as there is no letting-up in the horizon.
Some people say that there is nothing new in the present predicament.
Yemen is destined to overflow with population leading to waves of immigrations. This fatalism is intertwined in local and even world mythology. Myth has it that Sezef was punished by the gods to carry a huge boulder to the top of the mountain. As he nears completion of the uphill journey, the rock falls off his shoulders. He has to start the journey over again.