52 bodies of migrants found after boats capsize off Djibouti 0 SHARES Share it! An 18-year-old survivor told the migration agency he had boarded one of the boats with another 130 people, including 16 women. The vast majority of the migrants are Ethiopian, young and male, the migration agency says. “This tragic event demonstrates the risks that vulnerable migrants face as they innocently search for better lives,” said the migration agency’s Djibouti chief of mission, Lalini Veerassamy. The route also sees a flow of migrants from Yemen toward the Horn of Africa as people flee war.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 31, 2019 02:26 UTC