Officials told AFP on Monday that at least 76 people have been killed and most of the boats carrying Ethiopian migrants are missing dozens after the boat carrying.
Yemeni security officials said 76 bodies were recovered and 32 people have been rescued from the ship in the Gulf of Aden. United Nations migration agency, International Organization for Migration (IOM), said that 157 people were on the board.
The accident occurred with the Governor of Abayana in Southern Yemen, who is a once destination for the smuggling boats of African migrants, hoping to reach the rich Gulf states.
A security officer said that some of them have been transferred to the Aden of Yemen to Abayana.
IOM first gave a toll of at least 68 dead.
Dangerous journey for jobs for migrants
Despite the civil war that destroyed Yemen since 2014, the poor country remains a major transit point for irregular migration, especially from Ethiopia, which has been prevented from ethnic conflict.
Every year, thousands of people brave the so-called “eastern route” from Yemen to Yemen across the Red Sea, eventually in the hope of reaching and working to oil-rich Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
Hundreds of migrants have died of Yemen in recent months or have gone missing, the associated press reveals.
The IOM recorded at least 558 deaths on the Red Sea route last year, out of which 462 of them from boat accidents.
According to the IOM, at least eight people died after smugglers forced the migrants to move away from a boat in the Red Sea.
According to the province’s Directorate of Safety and an IOM source, the sinking ship to Abayana was mostly carrying Ethiopian migrants.
The Directorate of Abian said on Sunday that the Yemeni security forces were operating to recover a “important” number of bodies.
On the way to the Gulf, migrants cross the Bab al-Mandab Strait, narrow waterways at the mouth of the Red Sea which is a major route for international trade, as well as for migration-and also for human trafficking.
Once in the war, Yemen, the poorest countries of the Arabian Peninsula, migrants often face other threats for their safety.
IOM says that tens of thousand migrants are stranded in Yemen and face abuse and exploitation during their journey.
In April, more than 60 people were killed A migrant detention center killed in Yemen was convicted of a strike on the United StatesAccording to Hathi rebels who control most of the country.
The Amir Gulf Rajshahi hosts the important population of foreign workers of South Asia and Africa.
