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  11 Jun 2024, 14:34
Update : 11 Jun 2024, 17:44

Death toll from migrant shipwreck off Yemen rises to 49: UN agency

DUBAI, June 11, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - The International Organization for Migration

(IOM) said Tuesday that the death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Yemen had
risen to at least 49, including 31 women and six children.

"At least 49 migrants have died and 140 others remain missing after a boat"
carrying 260 migrants capsized off Yemen on Monday, the IOM said, adding that
115 Somali nationals and 145 Ethiopians were on board.