Twenty-five Ethiopian migrants are missing off war-torn Yemen after being forced into the sea, the United Nations migration agency said Friday, highlighting the dangers of a well-traveled route from the Horn of Africa to rich Gulf nations. About 600 Ethiopian migrants, men and women, were aboard the boats, spokesman Joel Millman said — an unusually large number of migrants to arrive off Shabwa at one time. International Organization for Migration figures show that some 87,000 people sought to reach Yemen from the Horn of Africa by boat in 2017. U.N. agencies have attempted to discourage migrants from countries such as Ethiopia and Somalia from embarking on the perilous trip. Last month, a boat capsized off Yemen and killed at least 30 Africans.

Source: Ethiopian News February 09, 2018 14:10 UTC