Migrant boat sinks off coast of Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead, 140 missing, UN agency says
- A boat with 260 migrants sank off #Yemen coast, leaving 39 dead, 150 missing, and 71 survivors, as stated by the International Organisation for Migration.
- Survivors reported the boat sinking on Monday in strong winds while carrying mostly Somalis and Ethiopians.
- Search efforts are ongoing for the 150 individuals still unaccounted for in the tragic incident.
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At least 49 die and 140 are missing after migrant boat sinks off Yemen’s coast, UN agency says
CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 49 people and leaving another 140 missing, the U.N. agency said Tuesday. The boat was carrying about 260 Somalis and Ethiopians from the northern coast of Somalia on the 320-kilometer (200-mile) journey across the Gulf of Aden when it sank Monday off of Yemen’s southern coast, the International Organization for Migration said in a statement. Seventy-one people h…
At least 49 people have died and another 140 are missing after a migrant vessel capsized off the coast of Yemen on Monday. This is reported by the United Nations Migration Agency.
According to the UN, a boat with over 260 migrants sank off the coast of Yemen.
IOM issued a statement on Tuesday, stating that 71 people had been rescued, eight of whom were taken to hospital. Apart from this, six children and 31 women were among the dead.
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