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Puntland authorities confirm capturing over a hundred would be immigrants who were on a voyage to Yemen to seek asylum.

Of those detained 103 were Ethiopians while 10 were Somalis. All have been transferred to the region's main police station till further decision is taken, a Press TV correspondent reported late Friday.

Puntland, declared an autonomous state in 1998, is a region in northeastern Somalia.

The immigrants, travelling in overcrowded boats, were apprehended off the coast of Bandar Ziyada, close to Bosaso the central town of Puntland.

Puntland's Minister of Security, Yusuf Ahmed Khayr, held a press conference at the police station where he said that the immigrants would be deported to their home country.