JOHANNESBURG — The U.N. migration agency says 28 bodies have been found after some 130 migrants went missing off Djibouti when two boats capsized. A statement says the coast guard in the tiny East African nation continues a search and rescue operation after Tuesday’s accident. Witnesses said large waves caused the overloaded boats to tip over about a half-hour after departing. The migration agency has said its team found an 18-year-old survivor who reportedly boarded a boat with another 130 people, including 16 women. Thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa region set off every year from Djibouti to cross the Bab al-Mandab Strait for the Arabian Peninsula with hopes of finding work in rich Gulf countries.

Source: Ethiopian News January 30, 2019 09:33 UTC