African migrants drown off Yemen

About 180 African migrants are believed to have died in the Red Sea in the last few days while trying to reach Yemen.

Two boats had capsized off the Yemeni coast. Earlier, the aid organization Medecins Sans Frontieres said it had found the bodies of 56 Africans who had drowned as their boat approached Yemen's coast. Nearly 28,000 Somalis have crossed to Yemen this year, either to escape fighting in Somalia or to seek work. Almost 600 people are believed to have died and another 650 have gone missing, according to international aid agencies. The vessel capsized when the passengers rushed to one side during the ensuing panic.
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