Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, killing more than 60
On Sunday, more than 60 immigrants died when a boat sank on the coast of Yemen, which carried about 150 people in bad weather.
Alabora and 68 bodies were rescued from the Southern province of Yemen, the Southern province of Yemen, to the BBC, the Chief of International Migration Organization (IOM). He said 12 people were rescued and dozens of dozens of missing.
IOM, which calls the event “heartbreaking”, is believed to be Ethiopian citizens.
Yemen continues to be an important way for immigrants from the African Horn traveling to the Gulf Arab countries to find a job, IOM estimates that hundreds of people have died or disappeared in the ship debris in recent months.
IOM Yemen Chief Abdusattor Esoev said that the boat carries about 157 immigrants on a dangerous route in a wide coastal region, which is frequently used by the smugglers of people.
Yemen is a popular transit country for many desperate immigrants who go to Saudi Arabia to find better opportunities.
According to Associated Press, the bodies of 54 immigrants were discovered on land in the southern region of Khanfar and 14 people were taken to a hospital morgue in Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan.
According to the AP, Abyan Security Directorate, a major search and rescue mission published a statement and according to the AP, many dead bodies are located in a large coastal area, he said.
The IOM spokesperson said the agency was deeply upset because of “tragic loss of life”.
“This heartbreaking event emphasizes that developed protection mechanisms are needed for immigrants who make easier journeys by unscrupulous smugglers who often benefit from helplessness and fragility.” He said.
Mr. Esoev also emphasized the importance of strengthening legal guarantees for immigrants to prevent exploitation by smugglers.
“What we advocate for all member states is to improve their regular ways, so that people can take legal ways to migrate instead of being trapped or deceived by smugglers and taking these dangerous journeys.” He said.
IOM previously described the journey from the African Horn to Yemen as “one of the most intense and dangerous mixed migration routes”.
In March, two boats carrying more than 180 immigrants sank from the coast of the Dhubab region of Yemen, only two crew members were rescued, and all remaining passengers lost and died.
According to an IOM report, immigrants who came to migrant intervention scores in Yemen reported that they were more reckless by deliberately sending them to dangerous conditions to prevent patrols of human imitations.
In spite of the risks, many immigrants continue to travel, only in 2024 to Yemen more than 60,000.
In the last decade, IOM’s missing immigration project recorded more than 3,400 deaths and lost people throughout the route – 1,400 of these deaths were drowning.
