Over 140 migrants feared dead in boat mishap near Yemen
A boat mishap near Yemen over the weekend left over 76 migrants dead, while 74 people are still missing, the UN’s migration agency reported.
Abdusattor Esoev, Yemen’s head of the International Organization for Migration, confirmed the incident on Monday.
“We know that most of the migrants on board were Ethiopian nationals,” Mr Esoev said, adding that 67 bodies have been found while 74 remain missing.
Mr Esoev described it as “one of the deadliest” boat mishaps, adding, “The underlying cause of boats capsizing in the Eastern Route is due to smugglers filling boats over capacity and not providing enough life vests on board.”
There were only 32 survivors in the boat carrying about 157 people that capsized cross the sea from the Horn of Africa to Yemen.
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