A boat carrying migrants from Ethiopia has capsized in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen, killing at least 46 people, aid workers said on Wednesday. Survivors told aid workers that the smuggler’s boat left Somalia’s port of Bosaso on Tuesday, when it was carrying at least 83 men and 17 women. After traveling through the night, the boat approached Yemen at 5 a.m. on Wednesday. “Survivors said the passengers who were without lifejackets in the smuggler’s boat started panicking as high waves struck close to the shore,” IOM said in a statement. IOM said at least 46 migrants were killed, while 16 others remain missing and are presumed to have died.

Source: Ethiopian News June 07, 2018 02:03 UTC