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Cairo: A major accident occurred due to the overturning of four boats in the coastal area of Yemen and Djibouti. At least 2 persons have died and 186 are missing due to 4 boats drowning together. When the relief and rescue team came to know about the accident, he reached the spot. A search operation is being carried out for the missing people at the scene in the coastal area, but they have not been detected yet. This is expected to increase the number of deaths.
Please tell that there were African migrants on these boats. This information has been given by the United Nations Migration Agency. International Migration Organization (IOM) spokesperson Tamim Alien said two of these boats overturned near the banks of Yemen late on Thursday. He said two crew members were rescued, but 181 migrants and five crew members are still missing. He said that at the same time, two other boats also overturned near the small African country of Djibouti.
Boats were filled with migrants
He said that two bodies of migrants were recovered and all the people riding on the boat were rescued. Despite the Civil War of almost a decade, Yemen is a major route for migrants going to work in Gulf countries from East Africa and Somali Peninsula. Every year thousands of people try to travel by this route. Smugglers often cross the Red Sea or Gulf of Aden to bring the migrants to the migrants dangerous, crowded boats. (AP)
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