At least 42 people have died after a boat operated by people smugglers, transporting approximately 60 migrants escaping conflict in Yemen, capsized on its way to Djibouti in the early hours of Monday morning, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday.
Olivia Headon, the IOM’s spokeswoman in Yemen, has said the migrants were returning from Yemen because of the dire situation in the Arab world’s poorest country, wrecked by war.
“They were so desperate to leave Yemen they put their lives back into the hands of unscrupulous smugglers,” she added.
