A smuggling ship loaded with migrants sank in bad weather off the coast of southern Yemen on Sunday, killing at least 68 of its passengers. Another 74 are still missing, while only 12 victims had been recovered by rescue teams as of Monday.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), most of the passengers on the boat were Ethiopians. The ship launched from the Horn of Africa and followed a dangerous route along the coast of Yemen that is often employed by human smugglers to reach Gulf states like Saudi Arabia.
The IOM has described this passage as “one of the busiest and most perilous mixed migration routes.” It recorded…
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