All roads lead to Djibouti as refugees flee Yemen even as migrants head there Read moreThe IOM said it had found the shallow graves of 29 migrants on a beach in the southern province of Shabwa after they had been buried by survivors. “The smugglers deliberately pushed the migrants into the waters since they feared that they would be arrested by the authorities once they reach the shore,” said an IOM emergency officer in Aden. Then they “simply went back to where they came from to pick more migrants and try to smuggle them into Yemen, again”. IOM says around 55,000 migrants have left the Horn of Africa headed for Yemen since the start of the year, most aiming to find work in Gulf countries. The IOM officer said there were “many women and children among those who died and those who are still missing”.

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2017 21:00 UTC