migrant and refugee crisis

At least 56 dead as smugglers throw 300 African migrants into Yemen sea

Some 180 young Ethiopian and Somali migrants, many weakened by hunger and drought in their home countries, are forced from a boat into rough seas off Yemen by smugglers and 56 are presumed drowned, the UN migration agency says.

August 10, 2017
August 10, 2017

At least 56 dead as smugglers throw 300 African migrants into Yemen sea

Some 180 young Ethiopian and Somali migrants, many weakened by hunger and drought in their home countries, are forced from a boat into rough seas off Yemen by smugglers and 56 are presumed drowned, the UN migration agency says.