Over 180 migrants feared dead after the shipwreck from Yemen coast, says the UN Migration Agency

At least two people have died, and 186 others missing after four boats carry migrants from Africa overnight in the waters with yemen and jeeds, Said the UN Migration Agency On Friday.

Two vessels are late to be late on Thursday, said Tamm Eleian, spokesman International Organization for Migrationor IOM. Two crews were saved, but 181 migrants and five jeans disappear, he said the associated press. At least 124 men and 57 women were on board, it is said to be news.

The Yemenic body for civilian and meteorology has advised traveling for strong winds and high waves, which IOM said that smugglers were ignored.

“These latest shipwrecks are a srequently reminder of the grave hazards migrants withstanding in search of a better future,” Abdusattor Esoev, the head of the IOM mission in Yemen. “Smugglers continue to gamble with human lives, pushing people to dangerous trips despite clear weather warnings. No more urgent action could be lost and left more life and left for more families to remain sad.”

Two other boats covered tiny African nation of Djibouti At the same time, he said. Two bodies of migrants were drawn, and everyone else on the ship were saved.

Powerful winds caused two boats for the overpayment near the beach in Djibouti after they started the fruit, Esov said.

The third boat, which intertwined Dhubab district in Governorate Taiz, is the southwestern Lake, he wore 31 Ethiopian migrants and three Yemenian crews.

The fourth boat, which was covered near the same area, headed to the Ahwar District in Governorate Abyan and wore 150 Ethiopian migrants and four Yemenian crews.

Yemen is the main route for migrants from East Africa and Africa for the horn that try Reach the Bay countries For work, with hundreds of thousands that tried route each year. In order to reach Yemen, migrants are taken to smugglers on often dangerous, overcrowded boats over the Red Sea or Bay of Aden.

The numbers that make him Yemen reached 97,200 in 2023. years – triple number 2021. years. Last year the number fell to only less than 61,000, probably because of a larger patrol waterAccording to the report IOM this month.

During the past decade, at least 2,082 migrants disappeared along the route, including 693 known to drown, stating IOM. About 380,000 migrants are currently in Yemen.