Over 180 migrants were afraid of the dead after the shipwreck from the Coast of Yemen, says UN -O’s Migration Agency
At least two people died, and 186 others are missing after four boats transported migrants from Africa covered overnight in waters outside Yemen and Djibuti, Said the UN -O’S Migration Agency on Friday.
Two vessels were rejected on Thursday on Thursday, said Tamim Eleian, a spokesman Migration International Organizationor iom. Two crew members were rescued, but 181 migrants and five crew members remain missing, he told Associated Press. At least 124 men and 57 women were on board, the news statement said.
The Yemeni body of civil aviation and meteorology advised the trip because of strong winds and high waves, which Iom said to have ignored the smugglers.
“These latest shipping storms are a sobering reminder of the severe dangers that migrants suffer in search of a better future,” said Abdusattor Esoev, the head of the mission Iom, Yemen. “Smugglers continue to gamble with human lives, pushing people for dangerous trips despite clear weather warnings. There is a critical need for adequate protection and safe alternatives to migrants. Without emergency action, more life could be lost and more families will leave sadness.”
Two other boats were removed from Tiny African nation of jibuti Roughly at the same time, he said. Two migrants’ bodies were drawn, and everyone else was saved on board.
Strong winds caused the two ships to roll over near the beach in Djibutia after they started sailing, Esoev said.
The third boat, which performed Dhubab district in Guvertate Taiz, southwest Yemen, carried 31 Ethiopian migrants and three Yemeni crews.
The fourth boat, which was covered near the same area, headed for Ahwar County in Ayan Gownarerat and carried 150 Ethiopian migrants and four Yemeni crews.
Yemen is the main path for migrants from Eastern Africa and the horn of Africa trying Reach the bay land To work, with hundreds of thousands trying to route every year. To reach Yemen, migrants cover smugglers on often dangerous, overcrowded ships over the Red Sea or the Aden Bay.
The numbers that reached him in Yemen reached 97,200 in 2023 – the number 2021 is tripled. Last year, the number fell to just under 61,000, probably due to the greater patrol of waterAccording to the IOM report this month.
Over the past decade, at least 2,082 migrants have disappeared along the route, including 693 that are known to have drowned, according to Iom. About 380,000 migrants are currently in Yemen.
