China News Agency, Brussels, November 8. Geneva news: The International Organization for Migration reported on the 7th that an overloaded migrant boat sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 28 migrants from the Horn of Africa.
According to the announcement issued by the International Organization for Migration Office in Yemen on the same day, the vessel involved, carrying at least 30 migrants, departed from Obock, a port in northern Djibouti at midnight on October 30, local time, and sailed across the Strait of Mandeb to a major landing point in Yemen. But on the way there was a high tide, and the ship was eventually engulfed by the turbulent waters.
The announcement said that at least 28 migrants were killed in the shipwreck, and the Yemeni Coast Guard has found three bodies and is searching for the remains of other victims.
As a strategic location, the Horn of Africa includes Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda and other countries. In recent years, affected by droughts, floods and armed conflicts, the humanitarian situation has continued to deteriorate, resulting in a large number of migrants. Attempted to enter Yemen by boat and then to the Gulf countries.
According to statistics from the International Organization for Migration, since January this year, nearly 54,000 migrants have departed from the Horn of Africa and traveled to the Gulf countries along the so-called "Eastern Route". Women and girls are especially vulnerable.
Furthermore, due to Yemen's civil war, migrants are often injured in the conflict or stranded on the road.
Earlier, the International Organization for Migration reported that in the first five months of this year alone, more than 1,000 migrants were injured or killed in Yemen due to attacks, and about 4,500 migrants were trapped in Yemen's Marib province, where the fighting was extremely fierce. The international community is in urgent need of help. Resolve retention issues.
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