At least eight migrants have drowned and 12 are missing after smugglers forced them off a boat near the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti. It is believed this boatload of migrants had failed to reach Saudi Arabia, the IOM statement said. Witnesses said three smugglers forced the young men and women into the water. The IOM said some 2000 migrants have arrived in Djibouti from Yemen in the past three weeks alone. And in 2018, at least 30 migrants and refugees died when a boat capsized off Yemen, with survivors reporting gunfire.

Source: Ethiopian News October 04, 2020 21:05 UTC