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At least 45 dead, dozens missing as boats sink off coast of Djibouti

Refugees fleeing Yemen on a boat are escorted by a Djiboutian coastguard vessel as they arrive in Djibouti in 2015 [File: Andreas Stahl/AFP]

At least 45 people have died and dozens are missing after two vessels carrying refugees and migrants from Africa sank off the coast of Djibouti, the UN’s migration agency said.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that the boats left Yemen with 310 people on board before sinking in the Red Sea.

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