The UN says 68 African migrants were killed when a boat capsized off Yemen
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The U.N.'s migration agency reports that at least 68 African migrants have died and 74 others are missing after their boat capsized off Yemen. The mishap took place on Sunday. Abdusattor Esoev, head of the International Organization for Migration in Yemen, says the boat carried 154 Ethiopian migrant…
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The vessel was taking Ethiopians to Yemen, a popular transit country for migrants to reach wealthy Gulf nations such as Saudi Arabia. The UN says Yemen is witnessing an influx of African migrants, despite a civil war.
The U.N.'s migration agency reports that at least 68 African migrants have died and 74 others are missing after their boat capsized off Yemen. The mishap took place on Sunday. Abdusattor Esoev, head of the International Organization for Migration in Yemen, says the boat carried 154 Ethiopian migrant…
More than 150 Ethiopian migrants were on board the boat when it sank in the Gulf of Aden off the southern Yemeni province of Abyan, the International Organization for Migration in Yemen said.
At least 76 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen in the latest tragedy on the perilous sea route, officials said.
A boat carrying African migrants capsized off Yemen’s southern coast, killing at least 68 people and leaving 74 others missing, according to authorities. The vessel was carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants across the Gulf of Aden when it sank near the province of Abyan in southern Yemen on Sunday.
It was the latest in a series of shipwrecks off Yemen that have killed hundreds of migrants fleeing conflict and poverty in hopes of reaching wealthy Gulf Arab countries.
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