This picture made out of #Google Maps locates the #Gulf of Aden.
It is the newest in a sequence of shipwrecks off #Yemen that killed tons of making an attempt to succeed in rich Arab Gulf nations within the hope of a greater life.
The vessel had 200 folks on board when it sank early on Sunday (August 3, 2025) off the coastal city of #Shuqrah in #Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the #International Organization for Migration mentioned in an announcement. Authorities recovered 56 our bodies, together with 14 girls, whereas 12 males had been rescued as of Tuesday morning, the company mentioned.
An operation to search out these lacking is underway, Abyan safety directorate mentioned on late Monday (August 4, 2025), including that the physique of the boat captain, a #Yemeni citizen, was recovered amongst 14 others off #Zinjibar, the provincial capital.
“This heartbreaking incident highlights the pressing want to handle the risks of irregular migration alongside the Eastern Route,” the IOM mentioned.
Initially, Abdusattor Esoev, IOM chief in #Yemen, mentioned on Sunday the boat carried 154 Ethiopian migrants, with 68 killed and 74 lacking.
In its Tuesday assertion, IOM mentioned greater than 350 migrants died or went lacking in shipwrecks to this point this yr alongside the Eastern Route, which migrants from the #Horn of Africa use to succeed in #Yemen. The precise determine is prone to be considerably increased, it mentioned.
#Yemen has been a significant transit level for African migrants fleeing conflicts and poverty. Smugglers typically take them on harmful, overcrowded boats throughout the #Red Sea or the #Gulf of Aden.
Tens of hundreds of migrants arrive in #Yemen yearly, regardless of being one of many poorest Arab nations and mired in a civil struggle for greater than a decade.
More than 60,000 migrants arrived there in 2024, in response to the IOM.
Published – August 05, 2025 04:24 pm IST
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