Over 7,000 migrants make the journey from Somalia to the Arabian Gulf every month according to the IOM. At least 46 migrants from Ethiopia died, with 16 others still missing after a smuggler's boat with over 100 migrants capsized near Yemen, the United Nations migration agency said. “Over 7,000 poor migrants take this perilous journey every month; some 100,000 took it just last year. “Both while traveling to and in Yemen, migrants are routinely abused by smugglers and other criminals, including physical and sexual abuse, torture for ransom, arbitrary detention for long periods of time, forced labor and even death,” a statement by the IOM said. Last week the IOM assisted 101 Ethiopians to leave Yemen for Djibouti as fighting closed in around Yemen's Hodeidah port.

Source: Ethiopian News June 07, 2018 00:22 UTC