A boat carrying 260 migrants sank off the coast of Yemen on Monday, killing at least 39 people and leaving 150 others missing, the United Nations international migration agency said on Tuesday.
The International Organization for Migration said in a social media post that 71 people had survived the sinking. No further details were immediately available, but the IOM said it would provide more information about the incident.
This development story will be updated.
A file photo from July 2019 shows Ethiopian migrants walking along the shores of Ras al-Ara, Lahj, Yemen, after disembarking from a boat. According to the UN immigration agency, on June 10, 2024, a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 39 people and leaving dozens of others missing.
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