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June 12, 2024

49 Drown and 140 Others Feared Lost at Sea as Boat Ferrying Refugees Sinks Off Yemen's Coast
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In the Gulf of Aden, at least 49 people have drowned, and 140 others are
missing, after a boat carrying African asylum seekers sank off the coast
of Yemen. At least six children are among the dead. The refugees had
been fleeing violence, poverty and the impacts of climate change in the
Horn of Africa. The U.N.'s International Organization for Migration
reports nearly 100,000 asylum seekers arrived in Yemen last year, many
of them bound for Saudi Arabia and other wealthier nations. That's more
than triple the number who made the perilous crossing just two years
prior.


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