The boat capsized after leaving Djibouti, carrying 25 Ethiopians and two Yemenis. The dead included 11 men and two women. Efforts are underway to find the 14 missing. At least 13 people have died and 14 are missing after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a United Nations agency, said Sunday (25/08).
The ship had departed from Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa, with 25 Ethiopians and two Yemenis on board. The dead included 11 men and two women, and operations to find the missing are ongoing.
“This latest tragedy is a stark reminder of the dangers migrants face on this route,” said Matt Huber, IOM’s acting chief of mission in Yemen.
IOM recorded more than 97,200 migrant arrivals in Yemen in 2023, a higher number than the previous year.
In June and July, further shipwrecks occurred off the coast of the country, the poorest in the Arabian Peninsula and which has been suffering from war since 2014.
Most migrants arrive in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region, where they work as laborers or domestic workers.
MD (AFP/Reuters)
Source: Terra
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