US lawmakers: Detainees should not return to Yemen

US lawmakers are urging the White House not to allow detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison to return home to Yemen.

On Sunday, several senior Republicans and Democratic lawmakers said it would be irresponsible to send any of the Yemeni detainees in the military prison home.

Currently, there are still 91 Yemeni detainees at the Guantanamo prison, which was opened in 2002 to house terrorism suspects. Six detainees were transferred to Yemen in December.

The Obama administration has faced significant difficulties repatriating them or finding other places to send them due to concerns about al-Qaeda in Yemen.

US lawmakers are urging the White House not to allow detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison to return home to Yemen.(CCTV.com)