Yemen
Deliberately Drowned
More than 50 migrants were thrown off a ship and drowned earlier today as it neared the coast of Yemen. The migrants, predominantly hailing from Somalia and Ethiopia, were forced off the boat by their smugglers once they'd neared the Yemeni coast due to rising fears that authorities would find them. The migrants were hoping to gain access to the Gulf States or Europe and hired the smugglers to ferry them across the Gulf of Aden. Overcrowding ships with the intent to force some of them off halfway through the trip has become a recent trend in the human trafficking business.
This map shows the approximate location of the vessel when the migrants were forced off. Click on the map to expand.
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