Boat Capsizing Kills 68 African Migrants Off Yemen Coast

A boat carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants capsized off the coast of Yemen's Abyan province, resulting in the deaths of at least 68 people with 74 others still missing. Only 12 migrants survived the incident, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The bodies of 54 migrants washed ashore in Khanfar district, and 14 more were recovered from another location and taken to a hospital morgue. Yemen remains a key and perilous transit route for migrants from East Africa and the Horn of Africa seeking work in Gulf Arab countries, with over 60,000 migrants arriving last year alone. Rescuers continue searching for survivors amid increasing numbers of irregular migrants crossing the Bab al-Mandab strait on unsafe boats. The IOM has highlighted this route as one of the world's busiest and most dangerous migration paths, with numerous fatalities in recent months.