Two dead, 186 disappeared after four boats sank from Yemen and Djibuti: Un | Migration news

The UN Migration Agency says two bodies have recovered from Djibutia, while dozens of migrants and five Yemeni crews have remained disappeared.

Four boats transporting migrants from Africa are covered in waters Yemen And Djibuti, leaving at least two people dead and 186 missing, according to the migration agency of the United Nations.

A spokesman for the International Migration Organization (IOM) said on Friday that two ships were taken to Yemen late Thursday in Yemen.

Tamim Eleian said two crew members had been saved, but 181 migrants and five Jemen crews were missing.

Mission chief Iom Yemen said that most of those on board are believed to be Ethiopian migrants, and five are considered to be members of the Yemeni crew. At least 57, from both boats, were women.

“We work with the authorities to see if we can find any survivors, but I’m afraid we may not have one,” Abdusattor Esoev told the AFP news agency.

Two other boats were discharged at the same time from a small African nation of Jibuti, Eleian said. Two migrants’ bodies were drawn, and everyone else was saved on board.

Despite the almost decadelong to the Civil War, Yemen remains the main path for migrants and refugees from East Africa and the African horn trying to reach the bay countries to work. Hundreds of thousands of people are trying to cross each year.

To get to Yemen, people cover smugglers often dangerous, overcrowded boats across the Red Sea or the Aden Bay.

The number of people who made it in Yemen reached 97,200 in 2023. – tripled number 2021.

But last year, the number decreased to just under 61,000 in the midst of increased water patrols, the IOM report reports this month.

Iom said 558 people died along the route in 2024.

In January, 20 Ethiopljans were killed when their boat took away Yemen.

Over the past decade, at least 2,082 people have disappeared along the route, including 693 that are known to have drowned, according to Iom.

About 380,000 migrants are currently in Yemen.