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At least 58 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Yemen |
2007-04-14 |
At least 58 African migrants, mostly Somalis, were feared dead after a smuggler's boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, a Yemeni coastguard source said Friday. 'Sixteen bodies were found and 32 survivors reached shore safely,' a source told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on condition of anonymity. He said 42 people were missing and feared drowned after the the boat carrying 90 people, capsized in deep waters off the coast of the southern Yemeni province of Abyan late Thursday. This was the second accident involving African migrants off Yemen in a week. On April 6, at least 34 people drowned after smugglers forced them into deep waters off the Yemeni coast, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). |
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