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Migrants fleeing Ethiopia killed in shipwreck off Yemen coast

A file photo showing Yemenis searching for survivors after a boat carrying migrants capsized on 11 June 2024 in Yemen's Shabwah province. © AFP

A shipwreck off Yemen’s southern coast has killed at least 76 people, with dozens still missing. Most of those on board were Ethiopian migrants fleeing poverty and conflict in search of work in wealthy Gulf countries.

Yemeni security officials said 76 bodies had been recovered so far and 32 survivors rescued from the wreck in the Gulf of Aden.

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