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October 10, 2008

100 Somali Migrants Feared Dead Off Yemeni Coast
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Smugglers forced them overboard in shark-infested waters 
The United Nations refugee agency says about 100 mainly Somali migrants
are missing and feared drowned off the coast of Yemen after smugglers
forced them overboard in shark-infested waters. An agency spokesman Ron
Redmond quotes survivors who say the ship left Somalia on Monday with
about 150 people on board. As they neared the Yemeni coast, the
smugglers forced most of them to abandon ship. The spokesman says about
47 people are believed to have survived by swimming five kilometers to
shore. The agency says at least 230 people have died this year while
making the treacherous journey across the Gulf of Aden that separates
Yemen from Somalia. This latest incident brings the number of missing
migrants to 365 since the start of the year. Yemeni authorities say some
32,000 people have arrived in the country from Somalia this year.

 Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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