UN says 186 missing and at least 2 dead after migrant boats capsize off Yemen and Djibouti

At slightest 2 radical person died and 186 others are missing aft 4 boats carrying migrants from Africa capsized overnight successful waters disconnected Yemen and Djibouti, the U.N.'s migration agency said connected Friday.

Two vessels capsized disconnected Yemen precocious Thursday, said Tamim Eleian, a spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration, oregon IOM. Two crewmembers were rescued, but 181 migrants and 5 Yemeni crewmembers stay missing, helium told The Associated Press.

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A vessel capsized disconnected of Yemen, leaving 2 dormant and 186 missing. (Photo by Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Two different boats capsized disconnected the tiny African federation of Djibouti astir the aforesaid time, helium said. Two bodies of migrants were recovered, and each others connected committee were rescued.

Strong winds caused the 2 boats to capsize adjacent the formation successful Djibouti aft they started sailing off, Abdusattor Esoev, caput of the IOM ngo successful Yemen, told AP.

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East African immigrants moving successful a wheat plantation successful Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

The 3rd boat, which capsized disconnected Dhubab territory successful Taiz governorate, southwestern Yemen, was carrying 31 Ethiopian migrants and 3 Yemeni crew.

The 4th boat, which capsized adjacent the aforesaid area, was heading to Ahwar territory successful Abyan governorate and carried 150 Ethiopian migrants and 4 Yemeni crew.

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Immigrants are taken by smugglers connected overcrowded boats crossed the Red Sea. (Photo by Tahsin Ceylan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Yemen is simply a large way for migrants from East Africa and the Horn of Africa trying to scope Gulf countries for work, with hundreds of thousands attempting the way each year. To scope Yemen, migrants are taken by smugglers connected often dangerous, overcrowded boats crossed the Red Sea oregon Gulf of Aden.

The numbers making it to Yemen reached 97,200 successful 2023 — triple the fig successful 2021. Last year, the fig dropped to conscionable nether 61,000, astir apt due to the fact that of greater patrolling of the waters, according to an IOM study this month.

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Over the past decade, astatine slightest 2,082 migrants person disappeared on the route, including 693 known to person drowned, according to the IOM. Some 380,000 migrants are presently successful Yemen.