CAIRO — A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, leaving more than two dozen people dead or missing, the U.N. migration agency said Sunday, the latest in a string of shipwrecks that have left scores dead. “This latest tragedy is a stark reminder of the perils faced by migrants on this route,” said Matt Huber, IOM’s acting …
Many hundreds of people have died in the Gulf of Aden while trying to reach Saudi Arabia through Yemen. At least 38 migrants and refugees, including children, have died after their boat sank off the coast of Djibouti, the United Nations migration agency has said, after their bodies were recovered. ‼️ 38 bodies have been recovered, including children, after tragic …
Saudi border guards fired rockets at migrants crossing from Yemen in a campaign of barbaric killings, a major new investigation has found. The allegations on the Yemen border will raise serious questions in Downing Street, which has invited Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince and de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, for a state visit this autumn, the first since …
The chief of the UN’s International Organization for Migration says the number of women and children migrating from the Horn of Africa to the Gulf states has significantly increased. The treacherous journey from Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti through Yemen, called the Eastern Migration Route, has seen a 64 percent increase in the past year, with people seeking better livelihoods and …
