At least two people died and another 186 were missing. Four ships carried migrants from Africa capsized in the Waters in Yemen and Djibouti and Waters in Jibouti, the UN immigration agency said Friday.
Tamim Eleian, a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration or IOM, said two ships were tilted on Yemen late Thursday. He told the Associated Press that two crew members were rescued, but 181 immigrants and five Yemeni crew members were missing. At least 124 men and 57 women were on board, a press statement said.
Yemen’s civil aviation and meteorological agencies have recommended travel due to strong winds and high waves, and IOM says smugglers have been ignored.
“These latest shipwrecks are a striking reminder of the serious dangers suffered by immigrants in search of a better future,” said Abdusattor Esoev, director of missionary education at IOM iOM in Yemen. “Smugglers continue to gamble with human life, and despite clear weather warnings, will push people into dangerous journeys. Alternatives to appropriate protection and safety for immigrants are crucial. Without emergency action, more lives may be lost and more families will be sad.”
The other two ships tilted Djibouti’s tiny African countries He said, about the same time. The bodies of two immigrants were found and all other immigrants were rescued.
Esov said strong winds caused the two ships to capsize near the beach after the sailing began in Djibouti.
The third ship is tilted in the Dubab area of Taiz Province in southwestern Yemen, carrying 31 Ethiopian immigrants and three Yemeni crew members.
The fourth ship leaned near the same area and headed to the Aval district of Abyan Province, carrying 150 Ethiopian immigrants and four Yemeni crew members.
Yemen is the main way to immigration from East Africa and the Horn of Africa Arrive at Gulf Country When you go to work, there are hundreds of thousands of routes every year. To reach Yemen, immigrants were taken away by smugglers, often on dangerous, overcrowded ships in the Red Sea or Gulf of Aden.
The number to Yemen reached 97,200 in 2023, which is the number for 2021. Last year, the figures dropped to nearly 61,000, probably due to larger patrols wateraccording to this month’s IOM report.
According to IOM, at least 2,082 immigrants along the route have disappeared over the past decade, including 693 who are known to drown. There are currently about 380,000 immigrants in Yemen.
