“At least 54 migrants were killed when a boat, with about 150 people, sank off the Yemen’s bad weather on Sunday. Source: Reuters Details: According to reports of health care, dozens of people are considered missing.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Reuters
Details: According to representatives of health care of the region, dozens of people are considered missing.
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The boat spilled over the area of Akhvar in the Southern Yemeni province of Abania on the Arabian Sea.
A representative of the Regional Health Service reported that 10 of about 150 people were rescued – nine Ethiops and one Yemeni – but dozens remain missing. Two doctors said rescuers are still looking for survivors.
The International Migration Organization reports that Yemen continues to observe a significant increase in the influx of illegal migrants from Africa.
Migrants cross the Babel-Mandab Strait on shaky boats every year to get to the Gulf countries in search of work.
The International Migration Organization calls a route from the African horn to Yemen “One of the most dangerous migration routes in the world.” According to the organization, last year, more than 60,000 migrants were arrived.
That preceded: Earlier, the death of 27 migrants was reported as a result of the boat accident.