  We review our recent work about the stability of strange few-body systems
containing $N$'s, $\Lambda$'s, and $\Xi$'s. We make use of local central
Yukawa-type Malfliet-Tjon interactions reproducing the low-energy parameters
and phase shifts of the nucleon-nucleon system and the latest updates of the
hyperon-nucleon and hyperon-hyperon ESC08c Nijmegen potentials. We solve the
three- and four-body bound-state problems by means of Faddeev equations and a
generalized Gaussian variational method, respectively. The hypertriton,
$\Lambda np$ $(I)J^P=(1/2)1/2^+$, is bound by 144 keV; the recently discussed
$\Lambda nn$ $(I)J^P=(1/2)1/2^+$ system is unbound, as well as the
$\Lambda\Lambda nn$ $(I)J^P=(1)0^+$system, being just above threshold. Our
results indicate that the $\Xi NN$, $\Xi\Xi N$ and $\Xi\Xi NN$ systems with
maximal isospin might be bound.
