Editing Assab (section)

==Infrastructure==
Assab is served by [[Assab International Airport]]. The [[United Arab Emirates]] reportedly uses the port and airport for logistics, and as a [[Immigration detention|detention centre]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36469286|title=Has Eritrea's migration problem been exaggerated?|work=BBC|date=7 June 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/22/yemen-uae-backs-abusive-local-forces |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] |date=June 22, 2017 |title=Yemen: UAE Backs Abusive Local Forces |quote=Human Rights Watch was not able to verify these claims, but according to lawyers and activists, as well as relatives of men who had been disappeared, the UAE was transferring high-level detainees outside of Yemen. According to one of the activists, about 15 people accused of being members of AQAP or IS-Y had been transferred to the base the UAE has been developing in Eritrea’s port city, Assab, over the past two years. A man who had lost track of his relatives said at least five officials told him the UAE transferred the men outside of Yemen, including three who said the men were being held in Eritrea.}}</ref>