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August 4, 2025

At Least 68 Migrants Die, 74 Others Missing After Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Yemen
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In international news, the U.N.'s migration agency says that at least 68
Ethiopian migrants have died and 74 others are missing after a boat
capsized off the coast of Yemen. There were only 12 survivors. In recent
months, hundreds of migrants from Africa, fleeing poverty and conflict,
have died or gone missing in shipwrecks as they attempted to reach
wealthy Gulf Arab countries through Yemen.


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