It was the second such deadly incident in as many days off Shabwa province in southern Yemen, where 50 teenage African migrants were "deliberately drowned" on Wednesday by a smuggler who forced 120 passengers off his boat, the IOM said. "If one of the migrants accidentally moved, he would be beaten or even killed," the IOM said. "They were shocked, exhausted and quite desperate," Laurent de Boeck, the IOM Yemen Chief of Mission, told Reuters in an interview in Brussels. IOM spokeswoman Olivia Headon said dropping migrants off near the shore could mark the start of a new trend. (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva and Charlotte Steenackers in Brussels; Writing by Stephanie Nebehay and Alissa de Carbonnel; Editing by Richard Balmforth and Gareth Jones)(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2017.

Source: Ethiopian News August 10, 2017 19:30 UTC